Þau fara þangað á hverjum föstudegi til að æfa sig.

to go

Breakdown of Þau fara þangað á hverjum föstudegi til að æfa sig.

• á: on
• hver: every
• til að: to

Questions & Answers about Þau fara þangað á hverjum föstudegi til að æfa sig.

Why does the sentence start with þau? Does it mean they?

Yes. Þau is a form of they.

More specifically, it is the neuter plural nominative form. Icelandic has grammatical gender, so they can appear as:

• þeir = masculine plural
• þær = feminine plural
• þau = neuter plural

Learners often see þau used for:

• a mixed-gender group
• a group of children
• a group where the gender is unknown or not important
• grammatically neuter plural nouns

In this sentence, þau is the subject, so it is in the nominative case.

Why is the verb fara and not fera or fer?

Fara is the correct 3rd person plural present form of the verb að fara (to go).

A few present-tense forms are:

• ég fer = I go
• þú ferð = you go
• hann/hún/það fer = he/she/it goes
• við förum = we go
• þið farið = you all go
• þau fara = they go

So þau fara means they go.

What is the difference between þangað and þar?