Ég skoða dagskrána á morgnana svo ég gleymi ekki neinu.

Because skoða takes a direct object, and that object is normally in the accusative case.

• dagskrá = nominative, indefinite: a schedule / program
• dagskrána = accusative, definite: the schedule / the program

So in this sentence, Ég skoða dagskrána means I look at the schedule.

A useful pattern is:

• dagskrá = a schedule
• dagskráin = the schedule (subject form)
• dagskrá / dagskrána = object forms depending on definiteness

Here the speaker means a specific schedule, so Icelandic uses the definite ending -na.

Skoða often means look at, examine, check, or inspect, depending on context.

In this sentence, Ég skoða dagskrána is most naturally understood as:

• I check the schedule
• I look at the schedule

It is a very common verb for deliberately looking at something, often to get information.

No. á morgnana does not mean tomorrow.

Here is the difference:

• á morgun = tomorrow
• á morgnana = in the mornings

So á morgnana expresses a habitual time: something done regularly in the morning.

The ending -na here is part of a fixed time expression. Icelandic often uses this kind of phrase for repeated times of day:

• á morgnana = in the mornings
• á kvöldin = in the evenings
• á næturnar = at night / during the nights

That is a normal, straightforward Icelandic word order:

• Ég = subject
• skoða = verb
• dagskrána = object
• á morgnana = time expression

So the pattern is basically:

Subject + Verb + Object + Time

Icelandic word order is fairly flexible, but this is a very natural neutral order.

You could also move the time phrase for emphasis, for example:

• Á morgnana skoða ég dagskrána ...

That would mean the same thing, but with more focus on in the mornings.

In this sentence, svo means something like:

• so
• so that

It introduces the purpose/result idea:

• Ég skoða dagskrána á morgnana svo ég gleymi ekki neinu.
• I check the schedule in the mornings so that I don’t forget anything.

In everyday Icelandic, svo is very common and can have several meanings depending on context, including then, so, or very. Here it is the so that meaning.

Yes. Gleymi is a special form: it is the present subjunctive of gleyma (to forget).

After svo when it means so that, Icelandic often uses the subjunctive because the clause expresses purpose, intention, or something hoped for rather than a plain fact.

So:

• ég gleymi = that I forget / I forget in the subjunctive form
• here: svo ég gleymi ekki neinu = so that I don’t forget anything

This is one of the most important things learners notice in this sentence: Icelandic uses the subjunctive where English just uses a normal verb form.

Because the verb gleyma has different present indicative and present subjunctive forms:

• ég gleymi = subjunctive
• ég gleymi? Actually, with this verb the ordinary present indicative is ég gleymi? No—the indicative is ég gleymi?
  The key point for learners is that the usual dictionary distinction is:
  • infinitive: gleyma
  • present indicative: ég gleymi
  • present subjunctive: ég gleymi

For this particular verb, the forms are easy to confuse because Icelandic vowel changes can make them look very close to other forms learners have seen. What matters in this sentence is the grammar of the clause: after svo meaning so that, the verb is understood as subjunctive.

A practical learner rule is:

• after svo að / svo meaning so that, expect the subjunctive very often

Because the verb gleyma takes its object in the dative case.

So if you say forget something, that something must be dative in Icelandic.

Compare:

• nominative/accusative-style idea: neitt = anything / nothing in some contexts
• dative form: neinu = anything / nothing in the dative

Since gleyma governs the dative, Icelandic says:

• gleyma einhverju = forget something
• gleyma engu = forget nothing
• gleyma neinu = forget anything

With negation:

• ekki neinu = not anything

So ég gleymi ekki neinu literally follows the Icelandic grammar very neatly.

To an English speaker, it can look a bit like a double negative, but in Icelandic this is normal.

The pattern is:

• ekki = not
• neinu = anything / nothing, depending on the negative environment

So:

• ég gleymi ekki neinu = I don’t forget anything

This is a standard negative construction. Icelandic often combines the negative particle with an indefinite word like neinn / neitt / neinu.

Neinu is dative singular of enginn / neinn-type indefinite forms used in negative contexts.

It is dative because gleyma requires the dative.

A helpful way to think about it:

• að gleyma einhverju = to forget something
• therefore:
  • einhverju = something, dative
  • engu / neinu = anything/nothing, dative in negative contexts

So the case is not chosen by ekki. It is chosen by the verb gleyma.

It is plural in meaning: in the mornings.

That is why the English translation is not in the morning unless the context is very general. The Icelandic expression usually suggests a repeated habit.

So the sentence implies something like:

• In the mornings, I check the schedule...
• Every morning, I check the schedule...

Yes, but it is a slightly different expression.

• á morgnana = in the mornings / every morning in a natural habitual sense
• á hverjum morgni = every morning / on each morning, a bit more explicit and sometimes a little more formal or deliberate

In everyday Icelandic, á morgnana is very natural for repeated habits.

Because Icelandic normally expresses this idea with a full clause, not with an infinitive in this sentence structure.

English can say:

• I check the schedule in the mornings so I don’t forget anything.
• ...so as not to forget anything.

Icelandic here chooses the full clause:

• svo ég gleymi ekki neinu

That is a very common and natural Icelandic way to express purpose.

Yes.

You can say:

• Ég skoða dagskrána á morgnana svo ég gleymi ekki neinu.
• Ég skoða dagskrána á morgnana svo að ég gleymi ekki neinu.

Both are possible. The shorter svo is very common in everyday language. Svo að can sound a little more explicit.

The three biggest things are:

1. Case on nouns

   • dagskrána is accusative because it is the direct object.
   • neinu is dative because gleyma takes the dative.

2. Habitual time expression

   • á morgnana means in the mornings, not tomorrow.

3. Subjunctive after purpose

   • svo ég gleymi ekki neinu uses the subjunctive because it means so that I don’t forget anything.

If you understand those three points, you understand most of the important grammar in the sentence.