Questions & Answers about Við borðum konfektið eftir kvöldmat.
Við here is the 1st-person plural personal pronoun: we.
Be aware that við can also be a preposition meaning by/near/at/against, but in this sentence it’s clearly the pronoun because it’s followed by a verb (borðum).
The verb is að borða (to eat). In the present tense it conjugates like this:
- ég borða = I eat
- þú borðar = you eat
- hann/hún/það borðar = he/she/it eats
- við borðum = we eat
- þið borðið = you (pl.) eat
- þeir/þær/þau borða = they eat
So borðum is the við (we) form.
Yes, borðum is present tense. Like English, Icelandic present tense can cover both:
- a general/habitual meaning (we eat) and
- an “in progress” meaning (we are eating)
Context decides. If you want to be extra explicit about “in progress,” Icelandic often uses adverbials like núna (now) rather than a special progressive verb form.