Við lesum saman í viku.

we

Breakdown of Við lesum saman í viku.

• saman: together
• lesa: to read
• í: for

Questions & Answers about Við lesum saman í viku.

What does each word in Við lesum saman í viku correspond to in English?

A rough word‑for‑word breakdown is:

• Við – we (1st person plural pronoun).
• lesum – read (present tense, we read).
• saman – together.
• í – most often in, but in this time expression it corresponds to English for.
• viku – week (the noun vika, here in a case form used for time).

So the natural English equivalent is “We read together for a week.” Even though í literally often means in, in this kind of time phrase it’s best translated as for (duration).

What grammatical form is lesum?

Lesum is:

• the present tense
• 1st person plural form
• of the verb að lesa (to read).

A small part of the present tense paradigm:

• ég les – I read
• þú lest – you (sg.) read
• hann/hún/það les – he/she/it reads
• við lesum – we read
• þið lesið – you (pl.) read
• þeir/þær/þau lesa – they read

So lesum specifically means “we read” or “we are reading”, depending on context.