Við lendum oft í umferðinni á morgnana.

we

Breakdown of Við lendum oft í umferðinni á morgnana.

• á: in
• oft: often
• morguninn: the morning

Questions & Answers about Við lendum oft í umferðinni á morgnana.

What does lendum mean exactly, and what is the base form of the verb?

Lendum is the 1st person plural present tense of the verb lenda.

• Lenda literally means “to land” (like a plane landing), but when used with í + dative, it very often means “to end up (in), to get into, to run into (a situation)”.
• So við lendum í umferðinni = “we end up in / run into the traffic”, which in natural English is “we (often) get stuck in traffic”.

Verb paradigm (present tense of lenda):

• ég lendi – I land / end up
• þú lendir – you land / end up
• hann / hún / það lendir
• við lendum
• þið lendir
• þeir / þær / þau lenda

So lendum matches the subject við (“we”).

Why is the subject við and not okkur?