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Ég vildi að skráningin okkar væri tilbúin.

Ég vildi að skráningin okkar væri tilbúin.
I wish that our registration were ready.
From Lesson 287:Nouns from verbs (-ing, -un)·Icelandic

Questions & Answers about Ég vildi að skráningin okkar væri tilbúin.

How is skráningin formed from a verb, and why does it use -ning instead of just -ing?
The root verb is skrá (to register or log). When a verb stem ends in a vowel like á, it takes the suffix -ning rather than -ing to make pronunciation easier. All nouns formed this way are feminine. Here, it also has the attached definite article -in, making it skráningin (the registration).
Why does the sentence use the past tense vildi if the translation is "I wish" in the present tense?
To express a hypothetical wish in Icelandic, you use the past tense of vilja (to want). The set phrase ég vildi að... literally means "I would want that..." but it is the standard, everyday way to say "I wish that...".
Why is the verb væri used here instead of er (is) or var (was)?
væri is the past subjunctive form of vera (to be). The subjunctive mood is used to talk about hypothetical, unreal, or desired situations. Because ég vildi að... introduces a wish for something that isn't currently true, the following verb must be in the subjunctive.
Why is the adjective for "ready" spelled tilbúin here instead of tilbúið?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because skráning is a feminine noun—a rule that applies to all action nouns ending in -ing or -un—the adjective takes the feminine singular form tilbúin. If the noun had been neuter, you would use tilbúið.

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