Stundum fara kærastar og kærustur saman í bíó á kvöldin.

Sometimes boyfriends and girlfriends go to the cinema together in the evenings.

Breakdown of Stundum fara kærastar og kærustur saman í bíó á kvöldin.

• fara: to go
• saman: together
• í: to
• stundum: sometimes

Questions & Answers about Stundum fara kærastar og kærustur saman í bíó á kvöldin.

What does Stundum mean exactly, and why does it come first in the sentence?

Stundum means “sometimes”. It’s an adverb of frequency.

In Icelandic main clauses, the finite verb usually comes in second position (Icelandic is a so‑called V2 language). That means:

• If you start the sentence with the subject, you get:
  Kærastar og kærustur fara stundum í bíó.
  “Boyfriends and girlfriends sometimes go to the movies.”

• If you move the adverb Stundum to the front, the verb has to come right after it:
  Stundum fara kærastar og kærustur saman í bíó á kvöldin.

So Stundum is first, and fara must immediately follow it.

Why is the verb fara and not some other form like fer?