Ég get ekki komið í dag, en ég kem allavega á morgun.

I can’t come today, but I’ll at least come tomorrow.

Breakdown of Ég get ekki komið í dag, en ég kem allavega á morgun.

• ég: I
• ekki: not
• geta: to be able
• á morgun: tomorrow

Questions & Answers about Ég get ekki komið í dag, en ég kem allavega á morgun.

Why is it komið and not koma?

After some modal/ability verbs in Icelandic (especially geta can / be able to), the following verb often appears as a past participle in neuter singular (sometimes called a supine or sagnbót form), not the infinitive.
So koma (to come) → past participle komið, giving Ég get ekki komið = I can’t come / I can’t make it.
You’ll see the same pattern in very common phrases like Ég get ekki gert þetta (I can’t do this), where gert is also a participle.

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What exactly is get here?

get is the 1st person singular present of geta (to be able to / can):

• ég get (I can)
• þú getur (you can)
• hann/hún/það getur (he/she/it can)
  So Ég get ekki... literally starts as I can not...

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Why does ekki come right after get?

In a neutral main-clause word order, Icelandic places the negation ekki after the finite verb (the verb that is conjugated for person/tense):
Ég get ekki komið...
The same idea applies broadly: Ég veit ekki (I don’t know), Hún kemur ekki (She isn’t coming), etc.

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