Breakdown of Eftir ráðstefnuna mun hún hafa hitt marga nýja vinnufélaga.
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Mun hún hafa hitt corresponds to the future perfect in English: “she will have met”.
- mun = 3rd person singular present of munu (“will, shall”)
- hafa = infinitive of “to have”
- hitt = past participle / supine of hitta (“to meet”)
Icelandic has no single future tense ending like English -will-; instead it uses munu + infinitive.
To make a future perfect (“will have done”), Icelandic uses:
munu + hafa + past participle
Hún mun hafa hitt … = She will have met …
In the whole sentence:
Eftir ráðstefnuna mun hún hafa hitt marga nýja vinnufélaga.
After the conference, she will have met many new colleagues (by that time).