Learn Icelandic: Framleiðandinn er rólegur þó að myndavélin bili. - The producer is calm, even though the camera breaks down.

This is because of the conjunction þó að (even though/although). In Icelandic, þó að and its single-word alternative þótt always require the following verb to be in the subjunctive mood. For the verb bila, the third-person present subjunctive is bili, replacing the regular indicative form bilar.

How is the definite article attached to a word like framleiðandi?

Nouns ending in -andi are a specific group of masculine words, almost always describing a person doing an action (here, a "producer" from the verb framleiða, to produce). To make it definite ("the producer"), you just add -nn to the end in the nominative case, giving you framleiðandinn.

Why is the adjective rólegur used in this exact form?

Adjectives in Icelandic must match the noun they describe in gender, number, and case. Here, rólegur is in the masculine singular nominative form to match the masculine subject framleiðandinn. If the subject were a feminine noun, like leikkonan (the actress), the sentence would be Leikkonan er róleg.

Why does the word for "the camera" end in -in (myndavélin)?