Word
Ég tek verkjalyfið áður en ég fer að sofa.
Meaning
I take the pain medicine before I go to sleep.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Ég tek verkjalyfið áður en ég fer að sofa.
ég
I
taka
to take
áður en
before
fara að sofa
to go to sleep
Questions & Answers about Ég tek verkjalyfið áður en ég fer að sofa.
Why is it tek and not taka?
Because tek is the form that matches ég.
- taka = to take, the dictionary form
- tek = I take, the 1st person singular present tense
So Ég tek means I take.
Is taka an irregular verb?
Yes, at least in the present tense it has a vowel change, so the form is not just a simple ending added to taka.
For example:
- ég tek = I take
- þú tekur = you take
- hann/hún/það tekur = he/she/it takes
So a learner often notices that a in taka becomes e in tek.
Why is verkjalyfið one long word?