Við förum í göngutúr á morgun.

we

Breakdown of Við förum í göngutúr á morgun.

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

Questions & Answers about Við förum í göngutúr á morgun.

What does each word in Við förum í göngutúr á morgun mean, literally?

Word by word:

• Við – we (1st person plural subject pronoun, nominative case)
• förum – go / are going (present tense, 1st person plural of the verb fara = to go)
• í – in / into / to (preposition; here best translated as for or for a in English: go for a walk)
• göngutúr – walk, stroll (literally something like walking-trip; a noun)
• á – on / at / in (preposition, here used in a time expression)
• morgun – morning; together á morgun is the idiomatic way to say tomorrow

So a very literal gloss is: We go in walk on morning, which in natural English is We are going for a walk tomorrow.

Why is the verb form förum used, and what is the base form of this verb?

The base (dictionary) form of the verb is fara (to go).

förum is the present tense, 1st person plural form:

• ég fer – I go
• þú ferð – you (singular) go
• hann / hún / það fer – he / she / it goes
• við förum – we go
• þið farið – you (plural) go
• þeir / þær / þau fara – they go

Note the vowel changes: a (in fara) becomes ö (in förum) in the við form, and e in fer. Icelandic has many verbs with such vowel alternations (ablaut).