Veðrið er heitt, en ég fer samt ekki út.

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Breakdown of Veðrið er heitt, en ég fer samt ekki út.

• vera: to be
• ekki: not
• fara: to go

Questions & Answers about Veðrið er heitt, en ég fer samt ekki út.

What does veðrið mean and why is there no separate word for the?

veðrið is the definite form of the neuter noun veður (weather). In Icelandic you don’t use a separate article like the; instead you add a suffix (-ið) to the noun itself to mark definiteness, so veðrið literally means the weather.

Why is the adjective heitt ending in -t instead of -ur?

Adjectives in Icelandic agree with the noun in gender, number and case. veður is a neuter-singular noun in the nominative case, so its adjective heitur takes the neuter ending -t, yielding heitt.

What does en mean here, and how is it different from og?

en is a conjunction meaning but or yet, used to introduce a contrast. og means and (simply linking ideas without contrast). Here en signals “The weather is hot, but…”

What does samt add to the sentence? Can it be omitted?