Questions & Answers about Ég ætla bara að skreppa í búðina og koma strax aftur.
Ætla is the verb to intend / to be going to. In the pattern ætla að + infinitive, it often expresses a plan or near future action.
So:
- Ég ætla að skreppa ... = I’m going to pop out ...
- It can sound like either I intend to... or I’m about to / going to..., depending on context.
In this sentence, it is very natural to understand it as I’m just going to...
Because ætla normally takes að + infinitive.
So the structure is:
- Ég ætla
- að skreppa
That is the standard grammar after ætla.
A good pattern to remember is:
- ég ætla að fara = I’m going to go
- ég ætla að borða = I’m going to eat
- ég ætla að skreppa = I’m going to pop out