Námið verður auðveldara með æfingu.

Námið is the noun nám in its definite form. Nám is a neuter noun that can mean study, studying, learning, or a course of study, depending on context.

The ending -ið is the suffixed definite article, so Icelandic often expresses the by attaching it directly to the noun instead of using a separate word.

So:

• nám = study / studying / learning
• námið = the study / the studying / the learning / the course of study

In this sentence, námið is the subject. Also, even if English might sometimes use studies, Icelandic treats nám as singular here.

Verður comes from verða, which means to become.

So this sentence is not just saying that the studying is easier. It is saying that it becomes easier or gets easier. That idea of change is important.

Compare:

• Námið er auðvelt. = The studying is easy.
• Námið verður auðveldara. = The studying becomes easier.

So verður is used because the sentence describes a change over time.

Verður is the 3rd person singular present tense of verða.

It is singular because the subject, námið, is singular.

So grammatically:

• námið = singular subject
• verður = singular verb form

Grammatically, verður is present tense. But in Icelandic, the present tense can often refer to the future as well, especially with a verb like verða.

So depending on context, this sentence can be understood as:

• studying becomes easier with practice
• studying will become easier with practice

Without more context, it often feels like a general truth: with practice, it gets easier.

Auðveldara is the comparative form of auðveldur, meaning easier.

The key point is agreement: the adjective agrees with námið, which is neuter singular. With a neuter singular subject, the comparative appears here as auðveldara.

So:

• auðveldur = easy (dictionary form)
• auðveldari / auðveldara = easier
• auðvelt = easy in neuter singular, not easier

So auðvelt would be the wrong degree, because the sentence is comparing: it becomes easier, not just easy.

Með usually means with, and in this sentence the phrase means with practice or through practice.

The noun is æfing, a feminine noun meaning practice or training. After með, it appears in the dative singular, which is æfingu.

So:

• æfing = nominative form
• æfingu = dative singular form

This happens because með normally takes the dative when it means with.

Because the sentence is talking about practice in general, not one specific practice session.

So með æfingu means something like:

• with practice
• through practice
• by practicing

If you said með æfingunni, that would sound more like with the practice or with that specific practice/training.

Generic, broad ideas often appear without the definite article in Icelandic.

Yes. Icelandic word order is more flexible than English word order.

The sentence as given is a normal, neutral order:

Námið verður auðveldara með æfingu.

But you could also say:

Með æfingu verður námið auðveldara.

That version puts more emphasis on with practice.

A useful rule in main clauses is that Icelandic often keeps the finite verb in the second position, so if you move með æfingu to the front, verður still comes next.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Nám is a broad word. It can refer to:

• the act of studying or learning
• someone’s education
• a course of study
• a degree program

In this sentence, without extra context, many learners would understand námið as studying/learning in a fairly general sense. But in the right context, it could also refer to the program of study or the course someone is taking.

By itself, it sounds like a general statement or piece of advice: practice makes studying easier.

That general feel comes from two things:

• námið can be understood broadly
• með æfingu refers to practice in a general sense

So the sentence works very naturally as a general truth, even though it could also be used in a more specific context if the surrounding conversation made that clear.