Word
Stjórnunin á ráðstefnunni verður að vera góð.
Meaning
The management of the conference must be good.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Stjórnunin á ráðstefnunni verður að vera góð.
vera
to be
góður
good
að
to (infinitive marker)
á
onto / on / in (static location) / on (a day of the week)
Questions & Answers about Stjórnunin á ráðstefnunni verður að vera góð.
How is the word stjórnunin formed, and what does it have to do with the verb stjórna?
It is formed by taking the verb stjórna (to manage or control), dropping the final -a, and adding the feminine suffix -un to create the noun stjórnun (management). The -in at the very end is the attached definite article, giving us stjórnunin (the management).
Why does this sentence use á (at/on) instead of a genitive case to say "management OF the conference"?
In Icelandic, when you talk about the administration, management, or organization of an event or institution, it is very common to use the preposition á followed by the dative case. It literally translates closer to "the management at the conference".
Why is the adjective góð used instead of gott?
The adjective must agree in gender, number, and case with the subject it describes, which is stjórnunin. All action nouns created with the -ing and -un suffixes are feminine. Therefore, the adjective takes the feminine nominative singular form, góð.
I learned that verður means "will be". Why is it translated as "must" here?
On its own, verða means "to become" or "will be". However, when you combine it with the particle að and an infinitive verb (in this case, vera), the phrase verða að takes on the meaning of "must" or "have to". Therefore, verður að vera means "must be".