Ég geng í átt að húsinu.

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Breakdown of Ég geng í átt að húsinu.

• húsið: the house
• ganga: to walk
• í átt að: toward

Questions & Answers about Ég geng í átt að húsinu.

Why is the verb geng and not ganga?

Ganga is the dictionary form, meaning to walk. In the sentence, the verb has to agree with ég (I), so it changes to the 1st person singular present tense:

• ég geng — I walk
• þú gengur — you walk
• hann/hún/það gengur — he/she/it walks

So Ég geng simply means I walk.

Is ganga an irregular verb?

Yes, at least from an English learner’s point of view, it has some stem change, so it does not behave like the simplest regular verbs.

For example:

• infinitive: ganga
• present 1st singular: geng
• past 1st singular: gekk

So it is a verb you will want to memorize as a pattern rather than trying to build every form mechanically.

What does í átt að mean as a whole?

Í átt að is a common expression meaning toward, in the direction of, or towards.

You can think of it as a set phrase:

• í — in/into
• átt — direction
• að — toward/to

Together, they function very naturally as toward.

So in this sentence, í átt að húsinu means toward the house.

Why is there an að here? Is it the infinitive marker like in ?