Við göngum upp að húsinu.

the house

Breakdown of Við göngum upp að húsinu.

• við: we
• ganga: to walk
• upp að: up to

Questions & Answers about Við göngum upp að húsinu.

Why is the verb göngum and not ganga?

Because göngum is the 1st person plural present tense form of the verb að ganga (to walk).

• að ganga = the infinitive, like English to walk
• ég geng = I walk
• við göngum = we walk

So the subject við (we) requires the verb form göngum.

This is a common pattern in Icelandic: the verb changes depending on the subject.

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What does við mean here?

Við means we.

It is the 1st person plural pronoun. In this sentence:

• Við = we
• göngum = walk / are walking

So Við göngum means we walk or we are walking, depending on context.

Icelandic often includes the subject pronoun clearly, especially in simple learner-style sentences like this one.

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What does upp að mean?