Breakdown of Það verður vindasamt í kvöld og við búumst við éljum.
og
and
það
it / there (existential) / the one (n)
við
we
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
kvöldið
the evening
verða
to become; will be
búast við
to expect (anticipate)
vindasamur
windy
élið
the snow shower
Questions & Answers about Það verður vindasamt í kvöld og við búumst við éljum.
Why is vindasamt in the neuter form here?
When describing the weather with the dummy subject það (it), the adjective must be in the neuter singular form. The dictionary form of the adjective is vindasamur (windy), which becomes vindasamt to match the neuter pronoun það.
What verb form is búumst?
This is the middle voice of the verb búa. In Icelandic, adding the -st suffix often changes a verb's meaning entirely. While búa normally means "to live" or "to prepare", the fixed phrase búast við means "to expect". Because the subject is við (we), it conjugates as búumst.
Why does the word við appear twice right next to each other?
They are actually two completely different words that happen to look identical! The first við is the personal pronoun "we", acting as the subject. The second við is a preposition belonging to the phrase búast við (to expect).
Why is éljum in the dative case?
The phrase búast við (to expect) governs the dative case, meaning it forces the noun that follows it to be dative. Éljum is the dative plural of the neuter noun él (snow shower).
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