Við göngum yfir þessa brú saman.

we

Breakdown of Við göngum yfir þessa brú saman.

• saman: together
• ganga: to walk
• þessi: this

Questions & Answers about Við göngum yfir þessa brú saman.

Why is the verb göngum and not ganga?

Because ganga is the infinitive: að ganga = to walk.

In the sentence, the subject is við = we, so the verb has to be in the 1st person plural present form:

• ég geng = I walk
• þú gengur = you walk
• hann/hún/það gengur = he/she/it walks
• við göngum = we walk

So Við göngum... means We walk... / We are walking...

Why does ganga change to göngum with ö?

That vowel change is just part of how this verb is conjugated. Icelandic has many common verbs whose stem changes in some forms.

So with ganga, you should learn the forms as they are, rather than expecting the vowel to stay the same all the time:

• að ganga
• ég geng
• við göngum

This is normal Icelandic verb behavior, not something special about this sentence.

What does each word do in the sentence?