Breakdown of Útihátíðin er bara framkvæmanleg að því gefnu að veðrið haldist gott.
vera
to be
góður
good
bara
just / only
veðrið
the weather
útihátíðin
the outdoor festival
framkvæmanlegur
feasible
að því gefnu að
assuming that
haldast
to remain
Questions & Answers about Útihátíðin er bara framkvæmanleg að því gefnu að veðrið haldist gott.
Why is it því gefnu in the phrase að því gefnu að?
The preposition að here takes the dative case. því is the dative neuter form of það (it/that), and gefnu is the dative neuter form of the past participle of gefa (to give). Literally, it translates to "to that given, that...", which we use formally to mean "given that" or "assuming that".
Why does the sentence use haldist instead of the regular present tense helst?
haldist is in the subjunctive mood. Formal conditional conjunctions like að því gefnu að trigger the subjunctive because they introduce a hypothetical situation or a condition that hasn't actually been met yet.
halda usually means "to hold" or "to think". How does the -st ending change the meaning here?
Adding the -st ending puts the verb in the middle voice (haldast). While the active voice means "to hold" something, the middle voice often implies remaining or keeping in a certain state. Here, veðrið haldist gott means the weather "keeps" or "remains" good.
How is the word framkvæmanleg formed, and why does it end in -leg?
It's built from the verb framkvæma (to execute or carry out) and the suffix -legur (similar to the English suffix "-able", making it "executable" or "feasible"). It ends in -leg instead of -legur because it must agree with the feminine, singular, nominative subject útihátíðin.
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