Breakdown of Skíðapassinn verður miklu dýrari hjá skíðabrekkunni.
hjá
next to / at (someone's) place, with
dýr
expensive
mikill
great, much (adjective)
verða
to become; will be
skíðabrekkan
the ski slope (f)
skíðapassinn
the ski pass (m)
Questions & Answers about Skíðapassinn verður miklu dýrari hjá skíðabrekkunni.
Why use verður instead of er in this sentence?
The verb verða usually means 'to become', but in Icelandic, it is the standard way to express 'will be' for future conditions. Although your current lesson focuses on weather predictions, verða is used for any future state. If you used er (is), it would mean the pass is already more expensive right now.
Why do we use miklu before dýrari instead of a word like mjög?
To say 'much more' with a comparative adjective like dýrari (more expensive), Icelandic uses miklu. This is the dative form of the word mikill (great/much) and literally means 'by much'. You cannot use mjög (very) directly with comparative adjectives.
Why does the word for ski slope change to skíðabrekkunni?
The preposition hjá (by/at) always forces the following noun into the dative case. The root word is the feminine noun skíðabrekka (ski slope). In the dative case, it changes to skíðabrekku. Finally, adding the dative feminine definite article -nni (the) gives us skíðabrekkunni.
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