Í dag fer ég í geymsluna og tek tvo pappakassa.

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Breakdown of Í dag fer ég í geymsluna og tek tvo pappakassa.

• fara: to go
• taka: to take
• og: and

Questions & Answers about Í dag fer ég í geymsluna og tek tvo pappakassa.

Why does the sentence start with Í dag (Today), and why is the word order Í dag fer ég... instead of Í dag ég fer...?

Icelandic is a V2 (verb-second) language in main clauses: the finite verb usually comes in the second position.

• If you start with a time expression like Í dag, that takes the first slot.
• Then the finite verb comes next: fer
• Then the subject follows: ég

So:

• Í dag fer ég ... ✅
• Í dag ég fer ... ❌ (not normal Icelandic main-clause word order)

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What is fer exactly—tense and person—and what verb does it come from?

fer is present tense, 3rd person singular of the verb að fara (to go).

• ég fer = I go
• þú ferð = you go
• hann/hún/það fer = he/she/it goes

Even though the subject is ég, the sentence uses fer because the finite verb is placed early due to V2 word order.

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Why is it í geymsluna and not í geymslunni?