Questions & Answers about Hvenær keyrir hann til Keflavíkur?
Why does the city name change to Keflavíkur instead of just Keflavík?
This is because of the preposition til (to). In Icelandic, til always forces the destination that follows it into the genitive case. For the town Keflavík, the genitive ending is -ur, making it Keflavíkur.
Where is the word for "does" in this sentence?
Icelandic doesn't use "do" or "does" to ask questions. Instead, it just swaps the order of the verb and the subject. So, instead of saying "When does he drive?", Icelandic literally says "When drives he?" (Hvenær keyrir hann?).
Could this sentence also mean "When is he driving to Keflavik?"
Yes, absolutely! Icelandic doesn't have a separate "-ing" tense (like "is driving") for this kind of action. The present tense verb keyrir translates to both "drives" and "is driving" depending on what makes sense in English.
What is the base form of the verb keyrir?
The infinitive (dictionary form) is keyra (to drive). Because the subject of the sentence is hann (he), we use the "he/she/it" form of the verb, which changes the ending to keyrir.