Breakdown of Skíðabrekkan er hjá hótelinu en hún verður lokuð á morgun.
vera
to be
hún
she
en
but
lokaður
closed
á morgun
tomorrow
hótelið
the hotel
hjá
next to / at (someone's) place, with
verða
to become; will be
skíðabrekkan
the ski slope (f)
Questions & Answers about Skíðabrekkan er hjá hótelinu en hún verður lokuð á morgun.
Why is verður used here instead of a future tense of vera?
In Icelandic, the verb vera (to be) does not have a future tense. To say something will be a certain way in the future, you use verða, which usually means to become. So hún verður lokuð literally means it becomes closed, but naturally translates to it will be closed. This is the standard way to talk about future conditions or weather.
Why does the sentence use hún to refer to the ski slope?
Pronouns in Icelandic must match the grammatical gender of the noun they replace. Skíðabrekka (ski slope) is a feminine noun, so you must use the feminine pronoun hún to say it, rather than the neuter pronoun það.
Why is the word for closed spelled lokuð here?
Adjectives and past participles must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case. Because skíðabrekkan is feminine and is the subject of the sentence, the adjective takes the feminine nominative singular form lokuð. If you were talking about the neuter word hótelið, it would be lokað.
Why does the word hótel end in -inu?
The preposition hjá (by or next to) always forces the noun that follows it into the dative case. Hótel is a neuter noun, so its definite dative ending is -inu, which gives us hjá hótelinu (by the hotel).
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