Hópurinn fer í skóginn á mánudögum.

The group goes into the forest on Mondays.

Breakdown of Hópurinn fer í skóginn á mánudögum.

• fara: to go
• á: on
• í: into
• skógurinn: the forest

Questions & Answers about Hópurinn fer í skóginn á mánudögum.

What is the difference between hópur and hópurinn?

Hópur means a group (indefinite: any group).

Hópurinn means the group (definite: a specific group already known from context).

In Icelandic, the definite article (the) is usually attached to the end of the noun as a suffix instead of being a separate word.

• hópur = group
• hópurinn = the group

So in this sentence, hópurinn is talking about a particular group that both speaker and listener know about.

What role does hópurinn play in the sentence grammatically?

Hópurinn is:

• nominative case (the “subject” case),
• singular,
• masculine,
• and it is the subject of the verb fer.

So it literally means the group as the doer of the action goes.

Why is the verb fer and not something like fara or ferð?