Ég verð þreyttur eftir vinnu.

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Breakdown of Ég verð þreyttur eftir vinnu.

• vinnan: the work
• eftir: after
• þreyttur: tired

Questions & Answers about Ég verð þreyttur eftir vinnu.

Why is verð used here instead of er?

Because verða means to become / to get, while vera means to be.

So:

• Ég verð þreyttur eftir vinnu = I get tired after work
• Ég er þreyttur eftir vinnu = I am tired after work

In Icelandic, verða is often used when you are talking about a change of state.

What form is verð?

Verð is the 1st person singular present tense of verða.

That means it matches ég (I):

• ég verð = I become / I get
• þú verður = you become / you get
• hann/hún/það verður = he/she/it becomes

A learner may notice that the infinitive is verða, but the present-tense forms change quite a bit, so this is a verb worth memorizing.

Why is it þreyttur and not þreytt?