Questions & Answers about Ég er farþegi í dag, svo hún keyrir okkur í vinnuna.
What does farþegi mean exactly, and is it a common word?
Farþegi means passenger. It is a normal, useful word in Icelandic, especially when talking about travel or riding in a vehicle.
In this sentence, Ég er farþegi í dag means I’m a passenger today.
You may also notice there is no word for a before farþegi. Icelandic does not have an indefinite article like English a/an, so farþegi can mean a passenger depending on context.
Why is it Ég er farþegi and not something like Ég er farþegur?
Because farþegi is a masculine noun of a type that often ends in -i in the nominative singular.
So:
- farþegi = passenger (subject form / dictionary form)
After ég er, the noun stays in the nominative here, because it is a predicate noun describing the subject.
This is similar to:
- Ég er kennari = I am a teacher
- Hann er læknir = He is a doctor
So farþegi is just the correct base form for this noun.
What does í dag mean, and why is it written as two words?