Questions & Answers about Við steikjum kjúkling í kvöld.
Við means we.
It is the subject pronoun, so it tells you who is doing the action. In this sentence, við is the group that is cooking the chicken.
Because steikjum is the 1st person plural present-tense form of steikja.
So:
- ég steiki = I cook/fry/roast
- þú steikir = you cook/fry/roast
- við steikjum = we cook/fry/roast
The -um ending matches við = we.
Grammatically, it is present tense.
However, just like in English, Icelandic often uses the present tense for a planned future action. So Við steikjum kjúkling í kvöld can naturally mean:
- We are cooking chicken tonight
- We’ll cook chicken tonight
The time phrase í kvöld makes it clear that the action is happening later today.