Við horfum á myndbandið aftur í kvöld.

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Breakdown of Við horfum á myndbandið aftur í kvöld.

• aftur: again
• í kvöld: tonight
• horfa á: to watch

Questions & Answers about Við horfum á myndbandið aftur í kvöld.

Why does the sentence start with Við? Can it be dropped?

Við is the 1st-person plural pronoun we. In Icelandic it’s common (especially in speech) to drop the subject pronoun when it’s obvious from the verb ending.
So both are possible:

• Við horfum á myndbandið aftur í kvöld.
• Horfum á myndbandið aftur í kvöld. (more conversational)

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What form is horfum, and why does it end in -um?

Horfum is the present tense, 1st-person plural form of að horfa (to watch / to look).
The ending -um is the regular present plural ending for many verbs in Icelandic:

• ég horfi
• þú horfir
• hann/hún/það horfir
• við horfum
• þið horfið
• þeir/þær/þau horfa

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Why is the preposition á used with horfa?