Ef hún skorar aftur í næstu keppni, verður amma mjög stolt.

Ef means if. It introduces a conditional clause, just like if in English.

In this sentence, Ef hún skorar aftur í næstu keppni sets up the condition, and verður amma mjög stolt gives the result.

A very common pattern in Icelandic is:

Ef + condition, result

So this sentence is built in a very normal way.

Because Icelandic often uses the present tense after ef when talking about a real future possibility.

English does something similar:

• If she scores again, grandma will be very proud.

You normally do not say:

• If she will score again...

So skorar is exactly what you would expect here. It is present in form, but future in meaning because the whole sentence is about a possible future event.

Skorar is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb skora.

That means it matches hún = she.

So:

• ég skora = I score
• þú skorar = you score
• hún skorar = she scores

This is a very common present-tense pattern for Icelandic verbs.

This is because Icelandic follows the V2 rule in main clauses. That means the finite verb usually comes in the second position.

Here, the whole ef-clause comes first:

• Ef hún skorar aftur í næstu keppni

Since that first slot is already taken, the main clause begins with the finite verb:

• verður

Then the subject comes after it:

• amma

So:

• Ef hún skorar aftur í næstu keppni, verður amma mjög stolt.

But if the main clause came first, you would normally say:

• Amma verður mjög stolt ef hún skorar aftur í næstu keppni.

Verður is from the verb verða.

Its basic meaning is often become, but in many sentences it also works like will be, especially when talking about a future result or state.

So here verður amma mjög stolt means that grandma will be / will become very proud.

Both ideas are close in this sentence:

• a future state
• a change into that state

Because adjectives in Icelandic agree with the noun they describe.

Here the adjective refers to amma, which is feminine singular.
The adjective stoltur changes form depending on gender and number:

• masculine: stoltur
• feminine: stolt
• neuter: stolt

So:

• amma verður mjög stolt is correct because amma is feminine.

This is a very common thing learners need to watch for with predicate adjectives after verbs like vera and verða.

Aftur means again.

In this sentence, it modifies skorar, so skorar aftur means scores again.

Its placement is natural Icelandic word order. Icelandic adverbs often come close to the verb they modify, so:

• hún skorar aftur

sounds normal and direct.

After the preposition í, the phrase changes form, so you get næstu keppni rather than the basic form næsta keppni.

Also, næstu is the form normally used here for a specific upcoming event, meaning the next competition.

A helpful comparison is:

• Næsta keppni = the next competition as a standalone noun phrase
• í næstu keppni = in / at the next competition

So the preposition affects the form of the phrase.

Words for close family members are very often used without an article in Icelandic, especially when referring to a specific person in the family.

So amma naturally means grandma here, almost like a name or title.

This is very normal with words like:

• amma = grandma
• mamma = mom
• pabbi = dad

Yes. In standard written Icelandic, when a subordinate clause comes first, it is normally followed by a comma.

So this is the expected written form:

Ef hún skorar aftur í næstu keppni, verður amma mjög stolt.

The comma helps show where the if-clause ends and the main clause begins.