Breakdown of Framleiðandinn kæmi þó að þokan væri þykk.
vera
to be
koma
to come
þykkur
thick
þó að
although / even though
þokan
the fog
framleiðandinn
the producer
Questions & Answers about Framleiðandinn kæmi þó að þokan væri þykk.
Why is the verb væri used here instead of the normal past tense var?
The conjunction þó að (even if / although) forces the verb in its clause into the subjunctive mood. Because the sentence describes a hypothetical situation, it uses væri, which is the past subjunctive form of vera (to be).
Why does the sentence use kæmi instead of kom?
Kæmi is the past subjunctive of koma (to come). While the indicative past kom just means a factual "came", the past subjunctive is used to express conditional or hypothetical actions, which translates here to "would come".
What is the base form of framleiðandinn, and how do words like this work?
The base form is framleiðandi (producer), built from the verb framleiða (to produce). In Icelandic, nouns ending in -andi usually describe a person performing an action, similar to the "-er" ending in English. They are weak masculine nouns, meaning they change to end in -a in the accusative, dative, and genitive cases. The -nn at the end here is just the attached definite article ("the").
Why is the adjective þykk rather than þykkt?
Adjectives must agree in gender, number, and case with the noun they describe. The noun here is þokan (the fog), which is a feminine word in the nominative singular. Therefore, the adjective takes the feminine nominative singular form þykk. If the noun had been neuter, you would use þykkt.
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