Breakdown of Mig langar að fræðast um hvar atvinnuhorfurnar eru góðar.
vera
to be
góður
good
hvar
where
mig
me (acc)
langa
to want
að
to (infinitive marker)
fræðast um
to learn about
atvinnuhorfurnar
the job prospects
Questions & Answers about Mig langar að fræðast um hvar atvinnuhorfurnar eru góðar.
Why is there no það after the preposition um, like we usually see before subordinate clauses?
This is the key rule for indirect questions! Normally, a preposition is followed by the dummy pronoun það before a clause (such as um það að...). However, when the clause is an indirect question starting with a question word like hvar (where), the það is dropped entirely. You just put the preposition right next to the question word: um hvar.
How is the compound word atvinnuhorfurnar built?
Why doesn't the indirect question hvar atvinnuhorfurnar eru góðar use the subjunctive mood?
Indirect questions only require the subjunctive when there is a strong sense of uncertainty, doubt, or a hypothetical situation. Because the speaker simply wants to learn a concrete fact (where the good prospects actually are), the regular indicative verb eru is used instead of the subjunctive séu.
Just as a refresher, why does this sentence start with Mig instead of Ég?
The verb langa (to want or desire) is an impersonal verb. The person experiencing the desire is put into the accusative case (mig), while the verb itself remains locked in the third-person singular (langar).
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