Streitan minnkar þegar ég fer í göngutúr.

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Breakdown of Streitan minnkar þegar ég fer í göngutúr.

• fara: to go
• þegar: when
• í: for

Questions & Answers about Streitan minnkar þegar ég fer í göngutúr.

Why is it streitan and not streita?

Because Icelandic usually marks the by attaching it to the end of the noun.
So:

• streita = stress
• streitan = the stress

In a sentence like this, Icelandic often uses the definite form where English might simply say stress.

What case and gender is streitan?

Streita is a feminine noun. Here, streitan is nominative singular definite because it is the subject of the verb minnkar.

In other words, the stress is the thing that is decreasing.

What does minnkar mean, and what form is it?

Minnkar is the present-tense form of the verb minnka, which means to decrease, to lessen, or to get smaller.

Here it is 3rd person singular present, because the subject streitan is grammatically it. So the sentence is literally structured like the stress decreases.

Why is it ég fer and not ég fara?