Questions & Answers about Lestin fer norður í dag.
Lestin = lest + -in.
- lest = train
- -in = the definite article, so the
So Lestin means the train.
In Icelandic, the is very often attached to the noun as an ending instead of being a separate word like in English. That is why you do not see a separate word for the here.
Also, lest is a feminine noun, and -in is the definite ending used here for that form.
Because fer is the conjugated form of the verb fara.
- fara = to go
- fer = goes / is going
Here the subject is Lestin = the train, which is third person singular, so the verb must also be in the third person singular present tense:
- ég fer = I go
- þú ferð = you go
- hann/hún/það fer = he/she/it goes
So Lestin fer means the train goes.