Breakdown of Vegna mikillar kólnunar verður mikil hálka á veginum.
á
onto / on / in (static location) / on (a day of the week)
vegurinn
the road
mikill
great, much (adjective: snjórinn er mikill)
verða
to become; will be
vegna
because of
hálkan
the ice
kólnunin
the cooling (becoming cold)
Questions & Answers about Vegna mikillar kólnunar verður mikil hálka á veginum.
How is the genitive form kólnunar constructed?
Why are mikillar and kólnunar in the genitive case here?
They are driven by the preposition vegna (because of), which always requires the noun and its describing adjectives to be in the genitive case.
Why does the adjective mikill change its form to mikillar and then mikil in the same sentence?
Adjectives must match the gender, number, and case of the noun they modify. Mikillar is in the feminine genitive singular to agree with kólnunar. Later in the sentence, mikil is in the feminine nominative singular to agree with hálka (ice), which is the subject of that clause.
Why use verður instead of er to say "there will be"?
While Icelandic lacks a distinct future tense, the verb verða (to become / to happen) is frequently used to express future states or changing conditions. For weather conditions like "there will be ice," verður is the most natural choice.
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