Við færum borðið fram.

A word-for-word breakdown is:

• Við = we
• færum = move / shift / carry / bring (here: we move)
• borðið = the table
• fram = forward / to the front

So the sentence is literally something like We move the table forward.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Icelandic often uses the simple present where English might use either:

• we move
• we are moving

So Við færum borðið fram can translate naturally as either:

• We move the table forward
• We are moving the table forward

English makes that distinction more clearly than Icelandic does in a sentence like this.

Færum is the 1st person plural present form of the verb færa.

So:

• ég færi = I move
• þú færir = you move
• við færum = we move

The basic verb færa can mean things like:

• move
• shift
• carry
• bring

The exact English choice depends on context.

A useful extra note: færum is also a form that can appear in the subjunctive, so context matters. But in Við færum borðið fram, learners will normally read it as a straightforward present-tense statement: we move / we are moving.

In Icelandic, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• borð = table
• borðið = the table

That -ið is the definite ending here.

This is very common in Icelandic:

• hús = house
• húsið = the house

So borðið is one word, but it already includes the.

It is the accusative, because it is the direct object of the verb færa.

In English, we usually do not see object case on nouns very clearly, but Icelandic does use case.
Here, the thing being moved is the table, so borðið is the object.

A detail that often confuses learners: for this noun, the nominative and accusative forms look the same in the singular definite:

• nominative: borðið
• accusative: borðið

So the case is still there grammatically, even though the form does not visibly change.

Fram is an adverb/particle meaning something like:

• forward
• to the front
• out/frontward

With a verb like færa, it adds the idea of direction or resulting position.

So færa ... fram means something like:

• move ... forward
• bring ... forward
• shift ... to the front

The exact translation depends on the situation, but fram is what gives the sentence that forward/frontward sense.

Because that is a normal Icelandic word order for this kind of sentence.

Here the structure is:

• Við = subject
• færum = verb
• borðið = object
• fram = adverb/particle

So the sentence follows a very natural pattern:

Subject + Verb + Object + Adverb/Particle

That makes Við færum borðið fram sound straightforward and neutral.

Icelandic is a verb-second (V2) language in main clauses. That means the finite verb normally comes in the second position.

In your sentence:

1. Við
2. færum

So the verb is in the expected place.

If something else comes first, the verb still usually stays second. For example:

• Í dag færum við borðið fram. = Today we move the table forward.

Here Í dag is first, and færum still comes second.

This is one of the key word-order patterns in Icelandic.

Not if you want the neutral statement We move / We are moving the table forward.

In modern Icelandic, subject pronouns like við are usually expressed in ordinary statements.

If you say:

• Færum borðið fram

that will often sound more like:

• Let’s move the table forward

So dropping við can change how the sentence is understood.

That is a very useful distinction for learners:

• Við færum borðið fram. = We move / are moving the table forward
• Færum borðið fram. = Let’s move the table forward

A rough English-friendly approximation is:

vith FYE-rum BOR-thith frahm

A few notes:

• ð is like th in this, though in Icelandic it can sound weaker than in English.
• æ in færum is roughly like eye.
• r is usually rolled or tapped.
• a in fram is more like ah than the English a in cat.

This approximation is not perfect, but it is a helpful starting point.