Breakdown of Á morgun á hún eftir að athuga póstkassann og sækja pakka áður en hún fer í vinnu.
hún
she
fara
to go
í
to
vinna
the work
Questions & Answers about Á morgun á hún eftir að athuga póstkassann og sækja pakka áður en hún fer í vinnu.
Why does the sentence begin with Á morgun, and why does á come before hún?
This is a very common Icelandic word-order pattern called V2 (verb second).
If you put a time expression first, like Á morgun (tomorrow), the finite verb usually comes next, and the subject follows it:
Á morgun á hún eftir að...
If the subject came first, you would get:
Hún á eftir að... á morgun.
Both are possible, but the original sentence emphasizes tomorrow by placing it first.
What does á eftir að + infinitive mean here?
Að eiga eftir að + infinitive is a very common Icelandic construction meaning something like:
- to still have left to do something
- to be yet to do something
- often simply will / is going to do something in context
So:
hún á eftir að athuga póstkassann means roughly she still has to check the mailbox / she will check the mailbox
It is not about possession here, even though eiga normally means to own or to have.
Are the two instances of á doing the same job?