Við förum héðan eftir tíu mínútur.

We are leaving from here in ten minutes.

Breakdown of Við förum héðan eftir tíu mínútur.

• við: we
• fara: to go
• mínúta: the minute
• tíu: ten

Questions & Answers about Við förum héðan eftir tíu mínútur.

Can you break the sentence down word by word?

Yes:

• Við = we
  This is the nominative form, because it is the subject of the sentence.

• förum = go / are going / leave
  This is the 1st person plural present-tense form of fara (to go).

• héðan = from here
  This is an adverb of movement away from a place.

• eftir tíu mínútur = in ten minutes / after ten minutes
  Here it means ten minutes from now.

So the structure is basically:

We + go/leave + from here + in ten minutes

Why is förum in the present tense if the sentence refers to the future?

That is very normal in Icelandic.

Icelandic often uses the present tense for a planned or near-future action, just as English can say:

• We leave in ten minutes
• We’re leaving in ten minutes

So Við förum héðan eftir tíu mínútur is naturally understood as a future action because of the time expression eftir tíu mínútur.

Does förum mean go or leave?