Questions & Answers about Við verðum bæði sátt þegar við finnum góða lausn.
What does verðum mean here?
Verðum is the 1st person plural present form of verða.
- við verðum = we become / we will be
- In a sentence like this, with an adjective after it, it often has the sense come to be or simply will be.
So Við verðum bæði sátt means something like:
- We will both be satisfied
- or more literally, We will both become satisfied
The use of verða gives a slight idea of a change into that state.
Why are verðum and finnum in the present tense if the sentence is about the future?
Because Icelandic very often uses the present tense for future meaning when the context makes the time clear.
Here, the future meaning comes from the whole situation:
- Við verðum bæði sátt = we’ll both be satisfied
- þegar við finnum góða lausn = when we find a good solution
This is especially common after time words like þegar (when).
So even though the verb forms are present tense, the sentence naturally refers to the future.
What does bæði mean here? Does it imply exactly two people?