Learn Hardcore Icelandic: Getum við hist við bensínstöðina á morgun?

Breakdown of Getum við hist við bensínstöðina á morgun?

Why does the sentence start with Getum instead of Við getum?

In Icelandic yes/no questions, the finite verb usually comes first.

So the word order changes because this is a question.

What form is getum?

Getum is the present tense, 1st person plural form of geta, which means can / be able to.

Because the subject is við = we, the verb has to match it:

Why is it hist and not hittast?

The dictionary form is að hittast, meaning to meet each other / to meet up.

After geta, Icelandic uses a special verb form often called the supine. For hittast, that form is hist.

So:

This is one of those patterns that English speakers usually just have to get used to.