Íslenskan er falleg.
2 months ago
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.
How to learn Icelandic
It made me 
"I'm far from fluent but I have a basic grasp!"
How I did it: I used 'Teach Yourself Icelandic', and I also picked up an English/Icelandic dictionary.
I found it easy to get started but difficult to progress. I mastered a few chapters of the book but I found I would get stuck going over the same chapter over and over again and not taking in any more information.
I went to Iceland with a basic vocabulary and some difficulties with pronounciation, and I came back feeling much more confident with the language. Immersion is certainly the best way to learn, and I think if I had spent more time there I would have learnt more quite quickly.
Lessons & tips: Get plenty of books and videos to help with pronounciation. There's som videos on youtube. Go to Iceland! There's nothing that can compare to just listening to people speak.
Resources: Teach yourself Icelandic.
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Learn Icelandic!
6 months ago
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 :)
Just visited Iceland...
7 months ago
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…
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Halló!
8 months ago
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.
Hæ
9 months ago
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
Repetitive.
10 months ago
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!
Góða nótt.
10 months ago
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
Practice for me.
10 months ago
Pronunciations
ð (——-): “eth”, uppercase is Ð
Þ (——-): “thorn”
æ (alt + “): “aye”
Vowels
Seven vowels: a, e, i, o, u, y, æ.
Five have an acute accent (´ = alt + shift + e) and changes pronunciation (alt + e, then letter).
o can have an umlat (¨ = alt + shift + u) over it (alt + u, then o).
E is always pronounced, even at the end of a word.
a – ah, as in pat
á – ow, as in howl
e – eh, as in pet
é – ye, as in yet
i – ih, as in pit
í – ee, as in peel
o – as in pot
ó – oh, as in pole
ö
u – as in put
ú – as in pool
ý – ee, as in feet
æ – eye, as in fight
Consonants
b, d, f, k, l, m, n, p, t, v, x – as in English
g – always hard g as in get
h – sounded as a seperate letter, even after p
j – y sound as in yellow
r – slightly trilled
s – as in sit
þ – th, as in thin
ð – as in the
c, q, w, z – don’t exist in Icelandic
Special Combinations
hv – as kv
fl – as pl
fn – as p
ll – as tl
sj – as sh in English
ng – as nk, at end of a word, as ng in the middle
ey – as a in pale
ei – as a in pale
au – as o in pole
Ísland – Eess-land – Icelandic for Iceland
Reykjavík – Rake-ya-veek – the capital
Snæfell – Snigh-fetl – Snow Mountain
Vatnajökull – Vatna-yuhktl – the big glacier that gives Iceland its name
Geysir – Gace-ir – the original Geyser
Þinvellir – Thing-vetlir – the site of the original Icelandic parliament
Yeah, pretty fun.
Some of the things have been sticking to me, some things aren’t. I do that.
lol
I’m getting this information from a website, but I don’t want to post it on here. I remembered that posting websites can get you put up in Neighborhood Watch! lol
Takke.
10 months ago
Góðan daginn!
: )
Learning the language is so much fun, it’s a shame it’s not a language offered in colleges!
Hard part is figuring out the Mac keyboard shortcuts.
I’m glad I took those two years of French in high school. Some of the pronunciations I learned come in handy a little bit.
This is so fun, and the language is so beautiful.
