learn Icelandic

i went to Iceland on vacation in June/July 2008, and I got interested enough in the Icelandic language to buy the two-book with CD set of “Learning Icelandic”, published in Iceland. i’ve worked on it only enough to get a basic feel for Icelandic, and in the meantime have researched the various courses and programs at the University of Iceland, which i might go do…

I want to move to Iceland too. How can you be able to reside in Iceland and not know Icelandic? Not that crazy about the language to be honest, but it would also be nice to understand what Sigur Ros is singing when he’s not singing Hopelandic..

Já, það er víst svo að íslenskan getur verið hreint afskaplega fallegt tungumál.

Þó skil ég ekki hvers vegna allt þetta fólk hrífst svo af náttúru Íslands.

I’ve always been fascinated by the flow of the language… and the beautiful country where it is from! I have heard that the North of Ireland (where i am from) and iceland are not dissimilar; when the norse settlers came to iceland they discovered the papar – irish monks settled in iceland!
I’m really hoping to keep with this, it would be a lovely, lovely skill to have, and maybe I could go there :)

I am back home now… And strangely I feel like I left home behind in Iceland… I thought that I’d want to see more places (I still do) , but not until I see more of Iceland… Charming , fun , beautiful…

Hæ!
I REALLY REALLY want to learn Icelandic! I love the people, the country, the music, everything about it! I’ve already started teaching myself but I’m not getting very far since I can’t find any books or software or teachers in my area. My friends and I have decided we’re all going to learn Icelandic, Suomi (Finnish), Spanish and, well, as many languages as we can! We are already learning french and italian at school and we hope one day to be multi-lingual and visit all of these places! If anyone could assist in telling me some very good software or books on Íslenku I’d be very thankful! Takk!
Bless.

I really need to learn Icelandic
as my project of live is to go to Iceland, and maybe live there.
If someone could help me, I’d be very happy.
Thanks;

Numbers (rough)

1 – einn
2 – tveir
3 – Þrír
4 – fjórir
5 – fimm
6 – sex
7 – sjö
8 – átta
9 – níu
10 – tíu

Days of the Week
Week days (virkir dagar)

Monday – mánudagur
Tuesday – Þriðjudagur
Wednesday – miðvikudagur
Thursday – fimmtudagur
Friday – föstudagur

Weekend (helgi)

Saturday – laugardagur
Sunday – sunnudagur

days are masculine and only capitalized at the beginning of a sentence.

Months of the Year
Mánuðir (months)

January – Janúar
Februrary – Febrúar
March – Mars
April – Apríl
May – Maí
June – Júní
July – Júlí
August – Ágúst
September – September
October – Oktober
November – Nóvember
December – Desember

Seasons
Seasons (Árstíðir)

Winter – Vetur
Spring – Vor
Summer – Sumar
Autumn/Fall – Haust

Góðan daginn.
Góða nótt.
Takk.

I’ve kept saying these over and over to myelf all day long, every single day, and I’ve been writing some things out.

“ð” is weird to write.

When I have children, I’m going to expose them to language(s) other than English, Spanish, and French.
So many things I wish my parents had done with me when I was little.
Atleast I am starting now.

I won’t be like them!

I still need to find the Mac shortcut for “ð”.

I don’t think there is one, since there’s a blank space on every website I’ve visited, and even on the shortcuts page on my computer.

Oh well.
I’ll make one!!

lol