No. 336 in Icelandic

við

"We" or "with."

In a sentence

Við tölum íslensku.
We speak Icelandic.
In this sentence, 'við' functions as a personal pronoun meaning 'we', used as the subject of the sentence.
Ég mun koma til við.
I will come to you.
Here, 'við' is used as a prepositional object meaning 'you', denoting direction towards a specified entity.
Við garðinn eru margir fuglar.
By the garden, there are many birds.
In this example, 'við' acts as a preposition meaning 'by' or 'near', describing proximity in relation to the garden.

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