Ég drekk te frekar, því kaffið er kalt.

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Breakdown of Ég drekk te frekar, því kaffið er kalt.

• vera: to be
• drekka: to drink
• kaldur: cold

Questions & Answers about Ég drekk te frekar, því kaffið er kalt.

Can you break the sentence down word by word?

Yes:

• Ég = I
• drekk = drink / am drinking
• te = tea
• frekar = rather / instead / preferably
• því = because
• kaffið = the coffee
• er = is
• kalt = cold

So the structure is basically:

I drink tea rather, because the coffee is cold

In natural English, that comes out more like I’d rather drink tea, because the coffee is cold or I’ll have tea instead, because the coffee is cold.

What does frekar mean here?

Here frekar expresses preference or choosing one option over another.

In this sentence, it means something like:

• rather
• instead
• preferably

So Ég drekk te frekar suggests that tea is being chosen over coffee.

It does not literally mean a strong abstract preference in every situation. It is more about this choice in this context.

Why doesn’t the sentence use a verb meaning to prefer?