Í mars og apríl göngum við oftar út, jafnvel þegar það er smá rigning.

Icelandic often follows a verb-second pattern in main clauses. That means the finite verb usually comes in the second position, no matter what comes first.

So in:

Í mars og apríl göngum við oftar út ...

the first element is the time phrase Í mars og apríl (In March and April), and the verb göngum comes next. After that comes the subject við.

A more neutral word order would be:

Við göngum oftar út í mars og apríl ...

Both are correct, but the original version emphasizes the time phrase.

Here, í means in, referring to time: in March and April.

With names of months in this kind of expression, Icelandic uses the dative after í:

• í mars
• í apríl

So the sentence is using the normal pattern for months after í when talking about time.

In Icelandic, months are not normally capitalized unless they begin a sentence.

So:

• mars = March
• apríl = April

This is different from English, where month names are always capitalized.

Göngum is the 1st person plural present tense of ganga, which usually means to walk.

So við göngum means we walk.

In this sentence, though, the full expression ganga út means something more like:

• go outside
• go out for a walk
• head outdoors

So the meaning is not just physically walk, but rather go out/outside.

Because the sentence begins with the time phrase Í mars og apríl, Icelandic puts the finite verb next, following the verb-second rule.

So:

• Við göngum út. = We go out.
• Í mars og apríl göngum við út. = In March and April, we go out.

When something other than the subject comes first, the verb usually comes before the subject.

Oftar means more often. It is the comparative form of oft, which means often.

So:

• oft = often
• oftar = more often
• oftast = most often

In the sentence:

göngum við oftar út

it means we go out more often.

Út means out or outside, and in Icelandic these small directional words often appear after adverbs like oftar.

So:

göngum við oftar út

literally looks like:

walk/go we more often out

but naturally means:

we go out more often

This word order is very normal in Icelandic.

Jafnvel means even.

In this sentence:

jafnvel þegar það er smá rigning

it means:

even when there is a little rain
or more naturally, even when it’s drizzling a bit / even when there’s a bit of rain.

It adds the idea that the action happens despite a slightly unfavorable condition.

Here það is a dummy subject, similar to English it in expressions like:

• It is raining
• It is cold

In Icelandic, það er is often used in weather expressions or in statements where English also uses a non-specific it.

So:

• það er smá rigning = there is a little rain / it’s a bit rainy

The það does not refer to a specific thing.

Icelandic can express weather in more than one way.

You can say things like:

• Það rignir. = It’s raining.
• Það er rigning. = It is rainy / there is rain.

In this sentence, það er smá rigning focuses on the condition: there is a little rain. It sounds slightly softer than simply saying it rains.

Smá means small, a little, or slight.
Rigning means rain or rainfall.

So smá rigning means:

• a little rain
• slight rain
• light rain

It suggests that the rain is not heavy.

Icelandic often leaves out the indefinite article because it does not have a direct equivalent of English a/an in the same way.

So where English says:

• a little rain

Icelandic simply says:

• smá rigning

The indefiniteness is understood from the context.

Yes, in this sentence þegar means when:

jafnvel þegar það er smá rigning
= even when there is a little rain

Be careful, though: þegar can also mean already in other contexts.

So Icelandic learners often need to decide from context whether þegar means:

• when
• or already

Here it clearly means when because it introduces a clause.

The sentence breaks down like this:

• Í mars og apríl = time phrase, In March and April
• göngum við = verb + subject, we go / we walk
• oftar út = out more often
• jafnvel þegar það er smá rigning = even when there is a little rain

So the overall structure is:

Time phrase + finite verb + subject + adverb + direction + subordinate clause

That gives:

Í mars og apríl göngum við oftar út, jafnvel þegar það er smá rigning.

Yes, depending on context, that is a very reasonable translation.

Because ganga út can suggest going outside or going out walking, the sentence could be understood as:

• In March and April we go outside more often
• In March and April we go out more often
• In March and April we take walks outside more often

The best English version depends on the context, but the Icelandic naturally carries the idea of going outdoors, often on foot.