Breakdown of Skíðafærið verður slæmt af því að slyddan byrjar bráðum.
byrja
to start
bráðum
soon
slæmur
bad
af því að
because
verða
to become; will be
skíðafærið
the skiing conditions (n)
slyddan
the sleet (f)
Questions & Answers about Skíðafærið verður slæmt af því að slyddan byrjar bráðum.
Why do we use verður here instead of er?
In Icelandic, vera is used for how things are right now. When predicting weather or conditions in the future, we use verða (to become/will be). Since we are talking about what the conditions will be like when the sleet starts, verður is the right choice.
Why does the adjective slæmt end in a 't'?
It must agree with the noun it describes, skíðafærið (the skiing conditions). The core noun here is færi, which is a neuter noun. Therefore, the base adjective slæmur (bad) changes to its neuter form, slæmt.
If the sleet hasn't started yet, why do we use the present tense byrjar?
Icelandic frequently uses the present tense to talk about the near future, especially when there is a time word like bráðum (soon) to make the context clear. You can think of it like the English phrase 'the sleet starts soon.'
How is the word skíðafærið built?
It is a compound word. The first part comes from skíði (skis/skiing) and the second part is færi (conditions/road conditions). The -ð at the very end is the attached neuter definite article, making it 'the skiing conditions.'
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