Questions & Answers about Við fórum einu sinni í bíó.
What does Við mean here, and is it always written with a capital letter?
Við is the subject pronoun we in Icelandic. It is:
- 1st person plural
- Nominative case (used for subjects)
It is only capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence. In the middle of a sentence it would be við (lowercase), just like English we vs We.
Related forms (for reference):
- Nominative: við – we (subject)
- Accusative: okkur – us (object)
- Dative: okkur
- Genitive: okkar – our / of us
You normally cannot drop við in Icelandic (see a later question); Icelandic is not a “pro‑drop” language like Spanish or Italian.
What exactly is fórum, and what is the basic verb it comes from?