Questions & Answers about Blandan bragðast mjög illa.
Why does bragðast end in -st?
This is the middle voice form of the verb að bragða (to taste). While að bragða is used when someone actively tastes something (like a chef tasting a soup), bragðast is used to describe the quality of the taste itself (the soup tastes bad).
Why do we use the adverb illa (badly) instead of an adjective here?
In English, we use an adjective to say something "tastes bad", but Icelandic uses an adverb with the verb bragðast. This is a common pattern in Icelandic for verbs describing how things are perceived or experienced. You might remember a similar rule for að líða (to feel), where you say mér líður illa (I feel bad).
If I wanted to say "The mixture tastes very good", what is the opposite of illa here?
What gender is the noun blandan?
It is a feminine noun. The base word is blanda (a mixture). In this sentence, it has the attached definite article "the" for feminine words ending in a vowel, making it blanda + -n (blandan).
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