Icelandic verbs 1
 
 
The verb "að vera" (to be) is commonly used in everyday Icelandic conversation as an auxiliary verb. Ex: "Ég er að koma" (I am coming) "Við erum að lesa" (We are reading.) 

Personal conjugation of "að vera" (to be)

Present tense (Nútíð)


Singular Plural

1st. 		 Ég er (I am) Við erum We are

2nd. 		 Þú ert (You are) Þið eruð You are

3rd. 		 Hann/ Hún/Það er  (He/She/It is) Þeir/Þær/Þau eru  They are

Símtal
Halló! Er Jón við?  Já, halló!  Hver er þetta?
Ég heiti Sigríður. Ég er kennarinn hans Jóns. Ert þú móðir hans Jóns? Já.  Er Jón ekki kominn í skólann?
Nei, hann er ekki hér. Kannski er hann of seinn. Hann er ekki vanur að vera of seinn. Hann er kannski týndur. Ert þú búin að spyrja hina nemendurna? 
Já, en þau vita ekkert. Þau eru ekki búin að hitta hann í dag. Eru allir hinir nemendurnir komnir?
Já, allir hinir eru komnir. Þá er hann kannski týndur. 
Nei, bíddu, nú er hann að koma! Er hann mikið of seinn?
Klukkan er tíu mínútur yfir níu. Hann er hálftíma of seinn. Jæja, hann er kominn fram. En það er ekki gaman að þessu. 
Jæja, bless!  Bless!
Phone call
Hello! Is Jón there?  Yes, hello!  Who is this?
My name is Sigríður. I am Jóns teache. Are you Jóns mother? Yes! Has Jón not come to school?
No, he is not here. Maybe he is to late. He is not usually late. He might be lost. Have you asked the other students? 
Yes, but they do not know anything. They have not met him today.. Are all the other students there?
Yes, all the others are there. Then maybe he is lost. 
No, wait, now he is coming! Is he much to late?
The time is ten past nine. He is half an hour late. Well, he has shown up. but this is no fun.. 
Well, bye!  Bye!


Past tense (Þátíð)


Singular Plural

1st. 
Ég var
(I was)
Við vorum
We were

2nd.		 Þú varst (You were) Þið voruð You were

3rd.		 Hann/ Hún/Það var  (He/She/It was)  Þeir/Þær/Þau   voru  They were

Í bekknum


Afsakið, að ég var of seinn! Já, það er allt í lagi í þetta sinn. Hvar varst þú?
Ég var í strætó, og hann var bilaður. Jæja, það var óheppni. 
Hvað eruð þið að gera? Við erum að lesa sögu.
Eruð þið ekki að skrifa ritgerð? Nei, við vorum að skrifa í gær.
Voruð þið í sundi í gær? Nei, við vorum í fótbolta.
Voruð þið allir í fótbolta? Nei, sumir voru að synda.
Nú er tíminn búinn.  Eru frímínútur núna?
Hvað voru stelpurnar að gera í gær? Þær voru úti á kaffihúsi. 
Við vorum á bíó í gær. Hin voru á diskó.

In class


Excuse me for being late! Yes, it is OK for this time. Where were you?
I was on a bus, and it broke down. Well, that was bad luck.
What have you done up to now? We are reading history.
Are you not writing a paper? No, we did write  paper yesterday. 
Did you go svimming yesterday? No, we were playing soccer.
Did you all play soccer? No, some went swimming.
Now, class is over..  Do we have break now?
What were the girls doing yesterday? They went to a cafe.
We were to the cinema yesterday. The others went to a discotheque.

Exercise
Write in Icelandic:
Where are you? He was too late.
Here I am! Where were you?
Where is Jón? He was playing soccer.
He is lost. I was reading.
I am his teacher. Were you at school?
Are you coming? She was swimming.
We are swimming. We were swimming.
Are you (all) writing? You were all lost.
They are at the cinema. The girls were too late.
We are students. We were at school.
Are you playing soccer? Were you (both) at school?
Where are they? They were (all) at the discotheque.

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