Questions & Answers about Hún þarf ró áður en prófið byrjar.
Word by word:
- Hún – she
- þarf – needs (3rd person singular of að þurfa, “to need”)
- ró – calm, peace, quiet, rest (a noun)
- áður en – before (used before a clause)
- prófið – the exam/test (próf = exam, -ið = the)
- byrjar – starts/begins (3rd person singular of að byrja, “to start”)
So structurally it’s like: She needs calm before the exam starts.
Að þurfa (“to need”) is irregular. Present tense:
- ég þarf – I need
- þú þarft – you (sing.) need
- hann / hún / það þarf – he / she / it needs
- við þurfum – we need
- þið þurfið – you (pl.) need
- þeir / þær / þau þurfa – they need
So with hún (“she”), the correct form is þarf.