Breakdown of Veðrið er heitt, en ég fer samt ekki út.
ég
I
vera
to be
ekki
not
fara
to go
veðrið
the weather
heitur
hot
en
but
samt
anyway
út
out
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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?
samt means still, nevertheless, or anyway, emphasizing that despite the heat the speaker isn’t going out. You can omit it (Ég fer ekki út) and still be correct, but you lose the nuance of “I’m still not going out.”
Why is ekki placed after samt? Could we say ég ekki fer út?
In Icelandic main clauses the verb comes in second position and ekki (negation) follows the verb and any adverbs. So you get ég fer samt ekki út. You cannot say ég ekki fer út; without samt the simple negation is ég fer ekki út.
Why is út used after fer, and how would you say “I am outside”?
With the verb fara (to go), út indicates motion out or outside (fara út = go out). To express a static location (being outside), you use úti with vera (to be), for example Ég er úti = I am outside.