Breakdown of Mætingin er alltaf mjög góð á haustin.
vera
to be
góður
good
mjög
very
alltaf
always
á
onto / on / in (static location) / on (a day of the week)
haustið
the autumn
mætingin
the attendance
Questions & Answers about Mætingin er alltaf mjög góð á haustin.
How is the noun mætingin formed from a verb?
It comes from the verb mæta (to attend or show up). By dropping the infinitive -a and adding the suffix -ing, we create the feminine noun mæting (attendance). The -in at the end is the feminine singular definite article meaning 'the'.
Why does the adjective take the form góð here?
Adjectives must agree in gender, number, and case with the noun they describe. Because all nouns created with the -ing and -un action nominalisation suffixes are feminine, the adjective góður (good) takes its feminine singular nominative form, which is góð.
Why is haustin in the plural form if the English translation says 'in the autumn'?
In Icelandic, to express that something happens regularly during a certain season, you use the preposition á followed by the definite plural form of the season in the accusative case. Á haustin literally means 'on the autumns,' but it translates naturally as 'in the autumn' to indicate it happens every autumn.
Could I just say í haust instead of á haustin?
They mean different things and cannot be swapped here. Í haust refers specifically to 'this autumn' (either the one coming up or the one that just passed). Because the sentence uses alltaf (always), we must use á haustin to show that the good attendance is a recurring yearly event.
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