Word
Veðrið er slæmt. Við förum samt út.
Meaning
The weather is bad. We go out anyway.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Veðrið er slæmt. Við förum samt út.
Why is it slæmt instead of slæmur?
Adjectives in Icelandic must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because veðrið (the weather) is a neuter noun, the base adjective slæmur changes to its neuter form, slæmt.
Where is the word for the in veðrið?
In Icelandic, the definite article (the word for the) is added to the end of the noun. The base word is veður (weather). When you attach the neuter ending -ið, the second vowel in the root word drops out to make it easier to pronounce, giving us veðrið.
Why do we use út here instead of úti?
Icelandic has different words for direction (moving somewhere) and location (being somewhere). Because we are actively moving outside (við förum), we use the direction word út (out). If we were already standing outside, we would use the location word úti (outside).
Could we put samt at the end of the sentence, just like anyway in English?
In Icelandic, samt (meaning anyway or nevertheless) usually sits directly after the verb in a standard sentence. While you might occasionally hear it at the very end in casual speech, putting it right after förum is the most natural word order.