Word
Veðurspáin segir að það muni snjóa á föstudag, svo við tökum strætó.
Meaning
The forecast says it will snow on Friday, so we take the bus.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Veðurspáin segir að það muni snjóa á föstudag, svo við tökum strætó.
það
it
við
we
á
on
taka
to take
Questions & Answers about Veðurspáin segir að það muni snjóa á föstudag, svo við tökum strætó.
Why is it Veðurspáin and not just veðurspá?
Veðurspá means weather forecast (indefinite form). Veðurspáin is the definite form, literally the weather forecast.
- veðurspá = a weather forecast
- veðurspáin = the weather forecast
The ending -in marks definite nominative singular for this feminine noun (spá is feminine; compounds keep the gender of the last part).
What case is Veðurspáin in, and how can I tell?
It’s nominative because it’s the subject of segir (says). A quick structure check:
- [Subject] Veðurspáin
- [Verb] segir
- [Clause] að ...
- [Verb] segir
Why do we need að here?
að is the complementizer meaning that, introducing a subordinate clause:
- Veðurspáin segir að ... = The forecast says that ... It works like English that, except it’s very common to keep it in Icelandic.