Umferðin minnkar oft seint á kvöldin.

The traffic often decreases late in the evening.

Breakdown of Umferðin minnkar oft seint á kvöldin.

• kvöldið: the evening
• seint: late
• á: in
• oft: often

Questions & Answers about Umferðin minnkar oft seint á kvöldin.

Why does umferðin end in -in?

The ending -in is the suffixed definite article, so umferðin means the traffic.

A few useful points:

• Icelandic usually attaches the to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word in front.
• umferð = traffic
• umferðin = the traffic

Here, umferðin is the nominative singular definite form.

Also, Icelandic sometimes uses the definite form in places where English would just say traffic with no article. A bare umferð is also possible in some contexts, but umferðin sounds like the traffic in the situation being discussed.

What form is minnkar?