Breakdown of Mér finnst haustið stundum leiðinlegt af því að það rignir mikið.
ég
I
það
it / there (existential) / the one (n)
mikið
a lot
stundum
sometimes
finnast
to find, to think
leiðinlegur
boring
rigna
to rain
af því að
because
haustið
the autumn
Questions & Answers about Mér finnst haustið stundum leiðinlegt af því að það rignir mikið.
Why do we say haustið with the definite article instead of just haust?
When talking about a season in a general sense—like saying you find it boring or beautiful—Icelandic uses the definite form (with the "the" attached). Since haust is a neuter noun, it becomes haustið (the autumn).
Why does the sentence start with Mér instead of Ég?
The verb finnast (to find / to have an opinion about) is a special verb that requires the person having the opinion to be in the dative case. Mér is the dative form of ég (I). You can think of it as saying "To me, it seems..."
Why is the adjective leiðinlegt (boring) spelled with a -t at the end?
Adjectives in Icelandic change their endings to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because haust is a neuter noun, the adjective takes the neuter singular ending -t. If you were describing a masculine noun, it would be leiðinlegur.
Is af því að always used as three separate words to mean "because"?
Yes! It literally means something like "from it that," but you should treat af því að as a single fixed phrase. It is the most common way to say "because" in Icelandic.
Does það rignir work exactly like "it rains" in English?
Yes, it does. For weather verbs where there isn't a real person or thing doing the action, Icelandic uses the "dummy" subject það (it), just like we do in English.
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