Veðrið verður kalt.

The weather becomes cold.

Breakdown of Veðrið verður kalt.

• veðrið: the weather
• kaldur: cold
• verða: to become

Questions & Answers about Veðrið verður kalt.

What does Veðrið mean and why does it end with -ið?

Veðrið means “the weather.” In Icelandic, neuter (and masculine) nouns take the definite article as a suffix. The indefinite form is veður (“weather”), and adding -ið makes it definite: veðrið = “the weather.”

Is verður a future-tense verb like English “will”?

Icelandic has no separate future tense. Instead, the present of verða (“to become”) can express future in contexts like this. Here verður (3rd person singular) literally means “becomes,” so Veðrið verður kalt = “The weather becomes cold,” i.e. “The weather will be cold.”

Why is the adjective kalt unchanged instead of költ or kalla?

Adjectives used predicatively (after a verb like verður) take the strong declension and must agree in gender, number, and case with the noun. Veðrið is neuter singular nominative, so the strong neuter nominative of kaldur (“cold”) is kalt.

Could I say “Veðrið verður kaltur”?

No. Kaltur is the masculine form of kaldur. Since veðrið is neuter, you must use the neuter form kalt.

How do you turn this into a question: “Will the weather be cold?”