No. 56 in Icelandic
að
The Icelandic word "að" is a particle meaning "to" (used before infinitive verbs).
In a sentence
Ég ætla að fara í bíó.
I am going to go to the cinema.
The preposition 'að' is used as an infinitive marker before the verb 'fara'.
Hann sagði að hann myndi koma.
He said that he would come.
Here 'að' functions as a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause.
Skrifaðu þetta að lokum.
Write this at the end.
In this context, 'að' is used as part of the expression 'að lokum' meaning 'at the end'.
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