Ég les fréttirnar eftir kvöldmat.

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Breakdown of Ég les fréttirnar eftir kvöldmat.

• lesa: to read
• eftir: after
• kvöldmaturinn: the dinner

Questions & Answers about Ég les fréttirnar eftir kvöldmat.

Why is Ég capitalized, and what exactly does it mean?

Ég is the 1st-person singular subject pronoun (I). It’s capitalized here because it’s the first word of the sentence (Icelandic doesn’t normally capitalize ég mid-sentence).

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What form of the verb is les, and how is it conjugated?

les is the present tense, 1st-person singular form of lesa (to read).

• infinitive: lesa
• present (ég): ég les
• past (ég): ég las

So Ég les... = I read / I am reading (depending on context).

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Does the present tense here mean “I read” or “I am reading”?

Icelandic often uses the simple present for both:

• habitual/general: I read the news (regularly) after dinner
• right now (context-dependent): I’m reading the news after dinner

If you need to make “right now” clearer, you might add an adverb like núna (now), but it’s not required.

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Why is fréttir plural? Isn’t “news” singular in English?