Questions & Answers about Ég ætla að kíkja við eftir vinnu ef ég næ strætónum.
Ég ætla að is a very common way to talk about an intention or a near-future plan.
In this sentence, Ég ætla að kíkja við means something like:
- I’m going to stop by
- I intend to stop by
- I plan to stop by
So ætla often works a lot like English be going to.
Because ætla is normally followed by að + infinitive.
Here:
- ætla = intend / be going to
- að kíkja = to stop by
So the structure is:
- Ég ætla að + infinitive
This is very common in Icelandic.