Breakdown of Við ferðumst oft í júní og júlí.
og
and
við
we
oft
often
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
ferðast
to travel
júní
June
júlí
July
Questions & Answers about Við ferðumst oft í júní og júlí.
Why aren't júní and júlí capitalized?
Unlike English, Icelandic does not capitalize the names of months, days of the week, or seasons, unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.
Do month names like júní and júlí change their endings after the preposition í?
No, they don't! The names of the twelve months are mostly indeclinable in Icelandic. This means they keep their basic dictionary form in the accusative and dative cases, making them very easy to use after prepositions like í.
Can I use í to mean "in" for all the months?
Yes! Just like in English, you use the preposition í followed by the name of the month to say that something happens "in" that month.
Why does the verb ferðumst have an -st at the end?
It comes from the verb ferðast (to travel), which is an -st verb. These verbs always keep an -st ending in all their forms. For við (we), the regular -um ending combines with -st to become ferðumst.
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