No. 62 in Icelandic
fer
The Icelandic word "fer" means "goes" or "is going" (third person singular present tense of "fara").
In a sentence
Ég fer í vinnuna á hverjum degi.
I go to work every day.
Here, 'fer' is used to mean 'go', indicating an action of moving from one place to another.
Við ferðumst til Spánar á sumrin.
We travel to Spain in the summers.
In this sentence, 'fer' is a part of the verb 'ferðast', which translates to 'to travel', demonstrating a derived usage.
Ef ég fer seint, kem ég of seint í skólann.
If I leave late, I arrive late to school.
Here, 'fer' means 'leave', demonstrating another usage of the verb in the context of departing from a location.
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