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Ég er þér sammála, það er annasamt miðsumars út af sveitaverkunum.

Ég er þér sammála, það er annasamt miðsumars út af sveitaverkunum.
I agree with you, it is busy in midsummer because of the farm chores.
From Lesson 327:Genitive of time·Icelandic

Questions & Answers about Ég er þér sammála, það er annasamt miðsumars út af sveitaverkunum.

Why does miðsumars end in an -s instead of being in a prepositional phrase?
This is the genitive of time, which is the focus of this lesson. Adding the genitive -s turns the noun miðsumar into an adverbial expression meaning "in midsummer" or "during midsummers in general". It is a fixed way to talk about recurring seasons or times of day.
Why is the pronoun þér in the dative case?
The adjective sammála (in agreement) governs the dative case. The person you agree with must be dative, and the pronoun usually sits right before the adjective, creating the set phrase ég er þér sammála (I agree with you).
Why use the neuter form annasamt instead of annasamur?
The adjective is describing the dummy pronoun það in the phrase það er (it is). Whenever you use það to describe a general state of affairs, like the weather or how busy things are, the adjective must take the neuter singular form.
What dictates the dative case for sveitaverkunum?
The prepositional phrase út af (because of) always forces the following noun into the dative case. Here, sveitaverk (farm chores) becomes sveitaverkunum in its dative, plural, definite form.

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