Questions & Answers about Ég vil frekar sofa lengur á frídögum.
What does frekar mean here, and how is it different from just saying Ég vil sofa lengur?
Frekar means rather / preferably. With vil, it commonly expresses preference: Ég vil frekar… = I’d rather… / I prefer to…
Without frekar, Ég vil sofa lengur is simply I want to sleep longer, which can sound more like a straightforward desire than a comparison/preference.
Why is the word order Ég vil frekar sofa… and not Ég frekar vil…?
In Icelandic main clauses, the finite verb (here vil) typically comes early (V2 structure), and many adverbs (like frekar) often appear after the finite verb and before the infinitive phrase:
- Ég vil frekar
- sofa…
Putting frekar before vil is generally not the neutral, everyday order.
- sofa…
Why is vil used—what verb is it, and what form is it?
Vil is the 1st person singular present tense of vilja (to want / to wish).
So Ég vil = I want / I will (in the sense of “want”). It’s not the future tense; Icelandic usually expresses future with present tense + context.