Breakdown of Teymið mun hafa klárað gæðaprófunina á föstudaginn.
á
onto / on / in (static location) / on (a day of the week)
klára
to finish
hafa
to have
föstudagur
Friday
munu
will
teymið
the team
gæðaprófunin
the quality test
Questions & Answers about Teymið mun hafa klárað gæðaprófunina á föstudaginn.
How is the future perfect tense formed in this sentence?
It uses a three-part structure exactly like English: the future auxiliary verb mun (will), the infinitive hafa (have), and the supine form of the main verb, klárað (completed). Because teymið is the subject, the auxiliary is conjugated in the third-person singular.
Why doesn't klárað change to match the feminine object gæðaprófunina?
Because it follows the auxiliary verb hafa. When forming perfect tenses with hafa, the main verb is always locked into the supine form, which is identical to the neuter singular nominative past participle. It never agrees with the object's gender or number.
Why is á föstudaginn in the accusative case here?
When talking about a specific upcoming day of the week, Icelandic uses the preposition á with the accusative case and the definite article. If you used the dative plural instead (á föstudögum), it would change the meaning to a habitual action: on Fridays in general.
How is the compound word gæðaprófunina built?
It combines gæði (quality) and prófun (testing or test). It ends with -ina because it is a feminine noun in the definite accusative form, serving as the direct object of the verb.
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