Questions & Answers about Ég mun hlusta á tónlist í kvöld.
What is the role of mun in Ég mun hlusta á tónlist í kvöld?
Mun is the auxiliary verb used to form the future tense in Icelandic. Since main verbs don’t change their form for future, you say mun + infinitive (here hlusta) to mean “will listen.”
Could I omit mun and still express “I will listen to music tonight”?
Yes. In everyday speech the present tense can convey a planned future action. So Ég hlusta á tónlist í kvöld will be understood as “I’m going to listen to music tonight.” Including mun simply makes the future aspect explicit.
What preposition and case does hlusta take before tónlist?
The verb hlusta always takes á with its object, and that object is in the accusative case. Tónlist is feminine, but its accusative form is identical to the nominative, so you still see tónlist.
Why is there an á before tónlist? In English we say “listen to,” but there’s no “to” in Icelandic.
Actually, the Icelandic á in this context corresponds to English “to.” You always say hlusta á e-n/e-it (“to listen to someone/something”), so hlusta á tónlist literally “listen to music.”