Við förum í bakaríið á morgun.

We go to the bakery tomorrow.

Breakdown of Við förum í bakaríið á morgun.

• við: we
• fara: to go
• í: to
• á morgun: tomorrow

Questions & Answers about Við förum í bakaríið á morgun.

Why is the present tense förum used to talk about the future?

Icelandic commonly uses the present indicative for scheduled or planned future events when there’s a time expression. Við förum í bakaríið á morgun = “We’re going to the bakery tomorrow.”

• A more explicit future is fine too: Við munum fara í bakaríið á morgun.
• To express intention/plan, you can also say: Við ætlum í bakaríið á morgun.
• Avoid the progressive for distant future: Við erum að fara usually means “we’re going (now/about to),” not “tomorrow.”

How is the verb fara conjugated in the present tense?

Present indicative:

• ég fer
• þú ferð
• hann/hún/það fer
• við förum
• þið farið
• þeir/þær/þau fara

Why does fara become förum in the 1st person plural?

That’s u-umlaut: the ending -um contains a historical u-sound that triggers a vowel change in the stem, turning a into ö. You see the same pattern in other verbs (e.g., taka → tökum, hafa → höfum).

Why is it í bakaríið and not í bakaríinu?