Breakdown of Við vorum á Íslandi í janúar og febrúar.
vera
to be
og
and
við
we
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
Questions & Answers about Við vorum á Íslandi í janúar og febrúar.
Why aren't janúar and febrúar capitalized?
In Icelandic, the names of the months, days of the week, and seasons are written with lowercase letters unless they are the first word of a sentence.
Which preposition do we use to say 'in a month'?
To say 'in' a certain month, you use the preposition í followed by the accusative case. Most month names, like janúar and febrúar, are masculine nouns that only change their endings in the genitive case, so they look exactly the same here as they do in the dictionary.
Why does the sentence use á Íslandi instead of í Íslandi?
While most countries take the preposition í (in), Iceland uses á (on) because it is traditionally treated as an island. The preposition á here points to a static location, which triggers the dative case and changes Ísland to Íslandi.
Why is the verb vorum used here instead of erum?
The sentence is in the past tense to mean 'We were'. The word vorum is the past tense of the verb vera (to be) for the pronoun við (we). If the sentence was in the present tense ('We are'), you would use erum.