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Questions & Answers about Veðrið var slæmt.
Why do we use var here for "was"?
Var is the past tense form of vera (to be) used for he, she, and it. Since veðrið (the weather) counts as an "it" (third-person singular), we use var. You would also use this exact same word for "I was".
Where is the word for "the" in veðrið?
Icelandic usually does not use a separate word for "the". Instead, it attaches a definite article to the end of the noun. The base word for weather is veður. Because it is a neuter word, it takes the neuter ending -ið, giving us veðrið.
Why is the word for bad spelled slæmt instead of slæmur?
In Icelandic, adjectives must change their endings to match the gender of the noun they describe. The standard dictionary form is the masculine slæmur, but since veðrið is a neuter noun, the adjective changes to its neuter form by taking a -t at the end, making it slæmt.