Við sitjum í smástund og tölum saman.

we

Breakdown of Við sitjum í smástund og tölum saman.

• saman: together
• sitja: to sit
• og: and

Questions & Answers about Við sitjum í smástund og tölum saman.

What does each part of Við sitjum í smástund og tölum saman mean?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• Við = we
• sitjum = sit / are sitting
• í smástund = for a little while
• og = and
• tölum saman = talk together / talk to each other

A natural full translation is something like We sit for a little while and talk or We sit for a little while and talk together.

Why are the verb forms sitjum and tölum used here?

Because the subject is við (we), both verbs have to be in the 1st person plural present tense.

• við sitjum = we sit / we are sitting
• við tölum = we talk / we are talking

So the endings match we.

There are two useful things to notice:

• sitja → sitjum
  This verb is a bit irregular, so it is best learned as part of its pattern.
• tala → tölum
  Here the a changes to ö because of a common vowel change before a u ending. This is very normal in Icelandic.

Does Icelandic have a separate form for or , like English does?