Questions & Answers about Á morgun skoða ég hótelið.
Why are the words swapped to skoða ég instead of ég skoða?
This is the famous V2 (verb-second) rule in action! Because the sentence starts with the time phrase Á morgun (Tomorrow), the main verb skoða (explore) must come in the second position. This forces the subject ég (I) to get pushed to the third spot, right after the verb.
The sentence is about tomorrow, so why is the verb skoða in the present tense?
Icelandic doesn't have a strict future tense verb form like English does. For planned actions in the future, especially when a time phrase like Á morgun is already there to make it clear when it happens, you just use the simple present tense.
How does the word hótelið mean "the hotel"?
In Icelandic, "the" isn't a separate word that goes before the noun. Instead, it attaches to the end of it! The base word is hótel, which is a neuter word. To say "the hotel", you add the neuter ending -ið to get hótelið.
Does Á morgun literally mean "on morning"?
Literally, yes! The word á means "on" or "in" and morgun means "morning". But when put together as the set phrase Á morgun, it is the standard way Icelandic speakers say "tomorrow".
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