Ég nýt veðursins.

Njóta is the dictionary form, meaning to enjoy, to benefit from, or to take pleasure in. In a full sentence, Icelandic verbs have to be conjugated to match the subject.

With ég (I), the correct present-tense form is nýt.

A few present-tense forms of njóta are:

• ég nýt
• þú nýtur
• hann/hún/það nýtur
• við njótum
• þið njótið
• þeir/þær/þau njóta

So Ég nýt... means I enjoy...

Because njóta is a verb that normally takes a genitive object in Icelandic.

That means the thing being enjoyed is put into the genitive case, not the nominative or accusative.

So:

• basic form: veður = weather
• genitive singular: veðurs = of weather
• genitive singular definite: veðursins = of the weather

English does not do this with enjoy, so this feels unusual at first. But in Icelandic, this is just the pattern you learn with the verb: njóta + genitive.

Veðursins is the genitive singular definite form of veður.

Here is the singular pattern:

• veður = nominative
• veður = accusative
• veðri = dative
• veðurs = genitive

With the definite article attached:

• veðrið = the weather nominative/accusative
• veðrinu = the weather dative
• veðursins = the weather genitive

So in Ég nýt veðursins, the noun is in the form required by njóta.

In Icelandic, the is usually not a separate word. It is attached to the end of the noun as a suffix.

So:

• veður = weather
• veðrið = the weather
• veðursins = of the weather / the weather in genitive form

That ending -ins is the definite article here, combined with the genitive ending.

Some Icelandic verbs simply govern a particular case. This is a basic part of Icelandic grammar and often has to be memorized along with the verb.

So it is useful to learn the verb as:

• njóta e-s

Here e-s means something/someone in the genitive.

This is similar to how, in other languages, certain verbs require a specific preposition. In Icelandic, the relationship is often shown by case instead.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Icelandic present tense often covers both:

• I enjoy the weather
• I am enjoying the weather

If you are speaking about the current situation, it will often be understood as I am enjoying the weather. If you are speaking more generally, it can mean I enjoy the weather.

Yes. Veðurs is the indefinite genitive singular form.

So the difference is roughly:

• Ég nýt veðurs. = I enjoy weather / I enjoy good weather in general
• Ég nýt veðursins. = I enjoy the weather / I’m enjoying the weather in a more specific situation

The definite form veðursins usually points to a particular, identifiable weather situation.

Yes. Njóta is a very common verb and is often used when talking about enjoying something, taking pleasure in it, or benefiting from it.

Some common examples are:

• njóta lífsins = enjoy life
• njóta matarins = enjoy the food
• njóta frísins = enjoy the vacation
• njóta veðursins = enjoy the weather

So this sentence is very natural Icelandic.

A rough English-friendly approximation is:

yeg neet VEH-thur-sins

A few notes:

• Ég begins with a y sound.
• nýt sounds like neet.
• ð in veðursins is like th in this.
• Stress in Icelandic normally falls on the first syllable of each word.

So the main rhythm is:

ÉG NÝT VE-ður-sins