Við héldum áfram eftir stutta truflun og kláruðum öll atriðin sem við þurftum að ræða.

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Breakdown of Við héldum áfram eftir stutta truflun og kláruðum öll atriðin sem við þurftum að ræða.

• þurfa: to need
• klára: to finish
• og: and

Questions & Answers about Við héldum áfram eftir stutta truflun og kláruðum öll atriðin sem við þurftum að ræða.

What does héldum áfram mean here?

Héldum áfram means continued / carried on.

It comes from the verb halda áfram, which is a very common Icelandic expression for to continue. Even though halda by itself often means hold or keep, the phrase halda áfram functions as a set expression, so you should learn it as a unit.

So:

• við héldum áfram = we continued
• literally, something like we held on/forward, but in real usage it simply means we continued

Why do héldum, kláruðum, and þurftum all end in -um?

Because they are all 1st person plural past tense forms: we ...ed.

In this sentence:

• héldum = we continued
• kláruðum = we finished
• þurftum = we needed

The subject is við = we, so the verbs are inflected to match that.

This is an important feature of Icelandic: verbs change form depending on person and number, much more than in modern English.

Why is it eftir stutta truflun and not some other form?