Word
Við sjáumst bráðum!
Meaning
We will see each other soon!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Við sjáumst bráðum!
Why is it sjáumst and not just sjáum?
This is the middle voice form of the verb að sjá (to see). The active form við sjáum just means "we see", but adding the -st ending changes the meaning to a reciprocal action: "we see each other".
Why does the verb end in -mst here instead of just -st?
You are actually just adding -st to the regular, fully conjugated verb. The active form for "we" is við sjáum. When you attach -st directly to the end of sjáum, you get sjáumst.
Does adding -st to a verb always mean "each other"?
Not always! While it often creates a reciprocal action (doing something to each other) like in this sentence, the -st ending can also make a verb passive, or change its meaning entirely depending on the verb.
The English translation says "will see", but where is the word for "will"?
Icelandic does not have a separate future tense form for verbs. Instead, you simply use the present tense verb (sjáumst) along with a time-related word like bráðum (soon). The context tells us that the action is happening in the future.