Farðu burt!

Farðu is the imperative singular of the verb fara (to go).

So:

• fara = to go
• farðu! = go! (said to one person)

This is the form you use when giving a direct command to one person.

Icelandic imperatives often add -ðu in the singular.

For fara, the command to one person is:

• farðu

This -ðu ending is very common in Icelandic imperative forms, especially in everyday speech and writing. So even though the verb stem is far-, the normal command form is farðu, not just far.

Burt means away.

In Farðu burt!, it adds the idea of going away from the speaker or from the current place. So it strengthens the command beyond just go.

You can think of it roughly like:

• farðu = go
• farðu burt = go away

Yes, it is usually quite strong.

It can sound:

• angry
• dismissive
• forceful

In many situations, it is closer to Go away! than to a neutral Please leave.

So learners should be careful with it. It is grammatically simple, but socially it can be blunt.

Yes. Farðu! is possible and means Go!

However, Farðu burt! is more specifically Go away!

The difference is similar to English:

• Go! = movement is being ordered
• Go away! = leave this place / leave me alone

So burt makes the meaning more specific.

Both are related to the idea of away, but they appear in slightly different expressions.

You will often see:

• burt
• í burtu

For example:

• Farðu burt! = Go away!
• Farðu í burtu! = Go away!

In many cases, these are very close in meaning. A learner should mainly recognize that both are used to express movement away from somewhere.

A rough learner-friendly guide is:

• Farðu ≈ FAR-thu
• burt ≈ burt with a short u

A few important points:

• ð in Icelandic is often like the th in this
• a in far is pronounced more like a in father than in cat
• the r is rolled or tapped

So Farðu burt! sounds approximately like:

FAR-thu burt

This is only an approximation, but it is a useful starting point.

Because this is an imperative sentence, meaning a command.

In Icelandic, commands usually begin directly with the verb:

• Farðu burt!

The subject you is not stated separately, because it is already understood from the imperative form.

This is similar to English:

• Go away!

not usually

• You go away!

unless you want special emphasis.

Yes. Farðu burt! is for one person.

If you are speaking to more than one person, Icelandic uses a different imperative form:

• Farið burt! = Go away! (to several people)

So the distinction is:

• farðu = singular
• farið = plural

This is an important feature of Icelandic that English does not usually mark.

Yes. If you want to sound less harsh, you would normally choose a different expression rather than directly using Farðu burt!

Possible softer alternatives depend on context, but in general Icelandic, like English, can make requests less direct by using different wording, tone, or polite additions.

So:

• Farðu burt! = direct, forceful
• a polite request to leave would usually be phrased differently

This means the sentence is useful to understand, but it is not the safest choice in polite conversation.

Pretty closely, yes:

• Farðu = go
• burt = away

So the literal sense is Go away!

That said, the natural meaning matters more than a strict word-for-word match. In real use, it carries the same kind of emotional force that Go away! often has in English.