Breakdown of Það fer að hvessa á morgun.
það
it / there (existential) / the one (n)
fara
to go
að
to (infinitive marker)
á morgun
tomorrow
Questions & Answers about Það fer að hvessa á morgun.
Why does fer að translate to 'going to start' instead of 'goes to'?
This is the construction you are learning in this lesson. When you use fara að followed by an infinitive verb (like hvessa), it means to begin to do something or to be about to happen. Even though fara literally means to go, here it shows the starting point of the weather changing.
Is Það acting as a normal subject here?
No, Það is a dummy subject here. Just like in English when we say 'it is raining', Icelandic uses Það for weather events that do not have a real actor or doer.
Where does the verb hvessa come from?
It is derived from the adjective hvass, which means sharp or windy. Turning an adjective into a verb is a common pattern in Icelandic. Hvessa specifically means to become windy or to blow harder.
Since this happens tomorrow (á morgun), why do we use the present tense fer?
Icelandic does not have a dedicated future tense in the same way English uses the word 'will'. Instead, it regularly uses the present tense form (like fer) paired with a future time phrase (like á morgun) to show that the action will happen in the future.