Ég vil spila borðspilið í kvöld.

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Breakdown of Ég vil spila borðspilið í kvöld.

• vilja: to want
• í kvöld: tonight
• spila: to play

Questions & Answers about Ég vil spila borðspilið í kvöld.

How do I pronounce Ég vil spila borðspilið í kvöld?

A rough, learner-friendly guide (with stress usually on the first syllable of each word):

• Ég ≈ yegh (the g is a voiced fricative in careful speech; many learners hear something like a soft gh)
• vil ≈ vil (short i)
• spila ≈ SPEE-la
• borðspilið ≈ bords-SPEE-lith / bors-SPEE-lith (the ð in borðs- is often very weak or not clearly pronounced in this consonant cluster)
• í kvöld ≈ ee kvuhlt (the ö is like a rounded vowel; ld tends to sound like lt)

If you want, I can write it in IPA too.

Why is it Ég vil spila... and not Ég spila vil...?

Icelandic is a verb-second (V2) language in main clauses: the finite verb (here vil) normally comes in the second “slot” of the sentence.

• Slot 1: Ég
• Slot 2 (finite verb): vil
• Then the rest: spila borðspilið í kvöld

If you move something else to the front, vil still stays second:

• Í kvöld vil ég spila borðspilið.

Why is there no að before ?