Við hittumst við safnið á morgun.

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Breakdown of Við hittumst við safnið á morgun.

• á morgun: tomorrow
• hittast: to meet
• við: at

Questions & Answers about Við hittumst við safnið á morgun.

Why is hittumst in the present tense if the sentence means “we will meet” (future)?

Icelandic usually uses the present tense to talk about the near future, especially when the future event is planned or scheduled.

• Við hittumst við safnið á morgun.
  Literally: We meet at the museum tomorrow.
  Natural English: We’ll meet at the museum tomorrow.

This is completely normal in Icelandic. You can make a more explicit future with munu:

• Við munum hittast við safnið á morgun. – We will meet at / by the museum tomorrow.

Both are correct; the simple present is very common for future time.

What is the difference between hittum and hittumst?

They come from different verb types:

• hittum – 1st person plural of hitta “to meet (someone)”

  • Við hittum hana. – We meet her.

• hittumst – 1st person plural of hittast, the -st / middle-voice form

  • Við hittumst. – We meet (each other).

So:

• hittum = we meet someone else (direct object stated).
• hittumst = we meet one another; the “each other” meaning is built in, no extra word needed.

What does the ending in actually mean?