Ég kaupi ávexti: epli, banana og appelsínur.

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Breakdown of Ég kaupi ávexti: epli, banana og appelsínur.

• kaupa: to buy
• og: and
• ávöxturinn: the fruit

Questions & Answers about Ég kaupi ávexti: epli, banana og appelsínur.

Why is it Ég kaupi and not something like Ég er að kaupa?

Ég kaupi is the simple present tense of kaupa and can mean either I buy (habitually) or I’m buying (right now), depending on context.
If you want to be explicit about “in the middle of doing it right now,” Icelandic often uses Ég er að kaupa … (literally “I am at buying …”).

How is the verb kaupa conjugated here?

kaupa is a weak verb. In the present tense, a common pattern is:

• ég kaupi
• þú kaupir
• hann/hún/það kaupir
• við kaupum
• þið kaupið
• þeir/þær/þau kaupa

Why does ávexti end in -i?

Because it’s the direct object of kaupi, and kaupa typically takes the accusative case.
The dictionary form is ávöxtur (singular). The form ávexti is the accusative plural (“fruits” as an object).

Could I drop ávexti and just list the items?