Breakdown of Myndin er orðin sýnileg og ferlið er spennandi.
vera
to be
myndin
the picture
og
and
verða
to become; will be
spennandi
exciting
sýnilegur
visible
ferlið
the process
Questions & Answers about Myndin er orðin sýnileg og ferlið er spennandi.
Why does this sentence use er orðin instead of hefur orðið for 'has become'?
This structure (using vera plus the past participle of verða) focuses on the current aspectual state of completion. While hefur orðið describes the past action of becoming, er orðin emphasizes the result: the picture is now in a settled state of being visible.
Why is the participle spelled orðin here rather than the default orðið?
In the vera orðinn construction, the past participle acts like an adjective and must agree completely with the subject. Since myndin (the picture) is a feminine singular noun, the participle takes the feminine singular nominative form orðin.
What dictates the form of sýnileg in this sentence?
Just like orðin, the adjective sýnileg (visible) must agree with the feminine singular subject myndin. The vera orðinn structure requires the following adjective to be in the nominative case, matching the subject's gender and number.
Since ferlið is a neuter noun, why doesn't spennandi have a neuter ending?
Words ending in -andi, like spennandi (exciting), are present participles. When used as adjectives, they are completely indeclinable in Icelandic. This means spennandi never changes its form, no matter the gender, number, or case of the noun it describes.
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