Learn Icelandic: Kennarinn fer til útlanda. - The teacher is going abroad.

This is because of the preposition til (to). In Icelandic, til forces the noun that follows it into the genitive case. The base word for "abroad" is útlönd, and its genitive form is útlanda.

Is útlanda related to the word for "land"?

Yes! The base word útlönd literally translates to "out-lands" (foreign countries). Because it refers to multiple countries, it is always a plural word, which is why it takes the genitive plural ending -a after til.

Why do we use fer (goes) when the English translation says "is going"?

Icelandic doesn't have a direct equivalent to the English "-ing" form (the continuous tense) for verbs like this. You use the simple present tense fer (from the verb fara, meaning to go) to mean both "goes" and "is going".

Where is the word for "the" in Kennarinn?

In Icelandic, "the" (the definite article) is usually attached to the end of the noun rather than being a separate word. The base word for a male teacher is kennari. By adding -nn to the end, it becomes kennarinn (the teacher).