Upptakan er skýr, svo hlustunaræfingin gengur vel.

to be

Breakdown of Upptakan er skýr, svo hlustunaræfingin gengur vel.

• vel: well
• svo: so
• skýr: clear

Questions & Answers about Upptakan er skýr, svo hlustunaræfingin gengur vel.

Why does Upptakan end in -n?

Because upptaka is the noun recording, and Icelandic usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

• upptaka = recording
• upptakan = the recording

Here, Upptakan is nominative singular definite.

Why is it skýr and not skýrt or skýra?

Skýr is the adjective clear, and it agrees with upptakan.

Since upptaka is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative

the correct adjective form here is skýr.

A useful extra point: after vera (to be), predicate adjectives normally use the strong adjective form, even when the noun is definite. So:

• Upptakan er skýr = The recording is clear

not a weak-form adjective.

What does svo mean here?