Við tölum saman í pásunni.

we

Breakdown of Við tölum saman í pásunni.

• saman: together
• tala: to talk
• í: during

Questions & Answers about Við tölum saman í pásunni.

Why is it tölum and not the dictionary form tala?

Because tölum is the form that matches við (we) in the present tense.

The verb is að tala = to speak / to talk.
Its present-tense forms are:

• ég tala = I talk
• þú talar = you talk
• hann/hún/það talar = he/she/it talks
• við tölum = we talk
• þið talið = you (plural) talk
• þeir/þær/þau tala = they talk

So Við tölum means we talk / we are talking.

Notice that the vowel changes from a to ö in the við form. That is just part of how this verb is conjugated.

What does saman mean here?

Saman means together.

So Við tölum saman is literally We talk together, which in natural English is often just We talk or We talk with each other.

In Icelandic, tala saman is a very common expression for talk together / talk to each other.

Do I need saman? Would Við tölum í pásunni also work?