Breakdown of Þruman er svo hávær að hundurinn verður hræddur.
vera
to be
hundurinn
the dog
verða
to become
hávær
loud
Questions & Answers about Þruman er svo hávær að hundurinn verður hræddur.
What does svo ... að mean in this sentence?
It is the Icelandic pattern for so ... that.
So svo intensifies the adjective, and að introduces the result clause.
A good way to read the structure is:
- Þruman er svo hávær = The thunder is so loud
- að hundurinn verður hræddur = that the dog gets scared
Why does Þruman end in -n?
Because Icelandic usually puts the at the end of the noun as a suffix.
- þruma = thunder
- þruman = the thunder
With many feminine nouns ending in a vowel, the definite form in the nominative singular adds -n.
So Þruman is not a different word from þruma; it is the definite form.
Why is the adjective hávær used after er, and why doesn’t it look feminine?