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Icelandic
A magazine for the language, culture, and n ews of Iceland. Issue t wo

Above: An a irplane/aeroplane (flugvl). Front: Icelands only train (jrnbrautarlest). Its not operational. Back: A ship (skip).

Innihald:
Pronunciation, pg. 2 Grammar (Mlfri), p g. 3 6 Greetings, p g. 7 Dialogue & Exercises, p g. 8 News (Frttir) and Misc., pg. 9 - 13 Slang and Cognates, p g. 14 Tourist Phrases, pg. 15 Textbook Reviews, pg. 15 - 16 Links to Additional Info, pg. 17 Credits and About Us, pg. 18

Pronunciation The letter, which makes the sound of..., when.... A (ow) Before ng and nk E Ei (ey in hey) Before ng, nk, gi, gj I and Y (ee) Before ng, nk, gi, gj O (oh) Before ng and nk U (oo) Before ng and nk Au (oi) Before ng, nk, gi, gj G J (y) Before i Gi Ee (ee) O or u b efore gi G Silent Before j* A (eye) Before gi and gj Tt Tt in shutter Always Dd Dd in bedding Always Gg K in kitchen Always Nn Tn in catnap After , au, ei, ey, , , , , , Nn Nn in running After short vowels*** Ll Tl in settle Almost always**** Hv Kv Always P F in father Before t and k F V in vest In the middle and end of words F P in pet Before l and n * An exception is when there is no vowel b efore the gj combination. If indeed there is a consonant instead of a vowel then the g m akes the regular g sound. ** Two vowels directly n ext to each other will k eep their regular sound even if followed by a combination that would normally make both vowels individually change sound. *** Short vowels a re the vowels not listed in the row d irectly above this. **** This sound does not exist in English. Its like tl in settle o r like a tchl sound. Place your tongue as if to make the t sound and push air out to the sides. Extra: Words ending in i (ih) sound like they end in (ee). Starting from this issue there will be less pronunciation help.

Grammar: A ba To live, reside Here a re the conjugations for the verb a ba (to live, to reside), similar to the chart p reviously for a vera and a heita. st nd rd 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person Singular g b br Hann/Hn/a br I live You live He/She/It lives Plural Vi bum i bi eir/r/au ba We live You guys live They(m/f/mix) live

Inside a convenience store. Cans, Tins Dsir (doe-sihr) Plastic - Plast Liquorice Lakkrs (lack-reese) Chocolate Skkulai (soo-kuh-lathy)

Pea, Bean, Lentil Baun Lentil soup (of chickpeas) - Baunir Corn Mas Store Verslun

Country names, Where are you from? Icelandic English Hvaan ert ? Where a re you from? (From where a re you?) Hvaan kemur ? Where do you come from? Hvaan komi i? (From where come you?) g er fr I am from Brasilu Brazil Kanada Canada Kna China Danmrku Denmark Englandi England Finnlandi Finland Frakklandi France skalandi Germany slandi Iceland Japan Japan Noregi Norway Rsslandi Russia Spni Spain Svj Sweden Bandarkjunum United States of America, The The letters and are prepositions (words expressing relation, ex. on the bus, after d inner, what d id you do it for?). We will only learn one of their uses at the moment, and that is the function of in in the p hrase, I live in (country). You usually use if the country starts with a consonant, if it starts with a vowel. All the words in the above list are that way. One exception is with Greenland, where you say Grnnlandi. When saying I a m from you do not use or , just like in English. Country names a re capitalized. Examples: r eru fr Spni They a re from Spain. Hann er fr Finnlandi H e is from Finland. g b Danmrku I live in Denmark. Vi bum slandi We live in Iceland.

Yes, no, not, and questions vs. sentences Ekki Not Nei No J, J Yes. J is used with regular questions, such a s Ert Jn? - A re you Jn?. J is used with negative questions, meaning questions with not in them. Remember that isnt, havent, dont, et cetera really mean: is not, have not, do not. You would use j with those. An example of this is Ert ekki Jn? A re you not Jn, A rent you Jn?. You would answer yes with j. Sentence structure for sentences. Subject Verb Adverb Preposition Object/Predicate Ert Fr Rsslandi. You Are From Russia. Ert Ekki Fr Rsslandi. You Are Not From Russia. Sentence structure for questions. Verb Subject Adverb Preposition Object/Predicate Ert Fr Rsslandi? Are You From Russia? Ert Ekki Fr Rsslandi? Are You Not From Russia? Examples: Ert f r Englandi? Are you from England? J, g er f r Englandi Yes, I a m from England. Nei, g er ekki fr Englandi No, I a m not f rom England. Ert ekki fr Englandi? A re you not (arent you) from England? ert f r Englandi, er a ekki? You a re from England, isnt that right (Literally: You are from England, is it not)? J, g er f r Englandi Yes, I a m from England.

-ing and a Gerunds are words with ing endings and something you can substitute with a noun, a s in I a m a cat, I like cats I am talking, I like t alking. Gerunds are the infinitive form of the word with ing added. The infinitive forms are to talk, to walk, to mail, as in I like to talk. Infinitives and gerunds in Icelandic are exactly the same. Infinitive forms are a (to) plus the v erb. Example: To talk, speak A tala I am talking g er a tala Now, just now Nna I am talking now g er a tala nna I want to talk Mig langar a tala I was talking just now g var a tala nna To learn, study A lra I am learning g er a lra I am learning Icelandic g er a lra slensku (language names a re not capitalized) I want to learn Icelandic Mig langar a lra slensku I am not learning Icelandic g er ekki a lra slensku Are you learning Icelandic? Ert a lra slensku? The indefinite article is the word a o r an, for example an apple, a dog. This is only implied in Icelandic, there is no real word for a. So in Icelandic you would just say dog, instead of a dog. Example: I am a student (Literally: I a m student) - g er nemandi I am not a student g er ekki n emandi I am a student now g er n emandi nna I was a student g var n emandi Are you a student? Ert n emandi? This is an apple (Literally: this is apple) - etta er epli Here is an apple H r er epli To eat a bora I am eating an apple g er a bora epli I want to eat an apple now Mig langar a bora epli nna

Greetings and phrases: Nice to m eet you. - Gleur m ig a kynnast r, Gaman a kynnast r. Likewise. - Somuleiis. Hi, whats going on? - H, hva er u m a v era? What's new? - Hva er a frtta? What's up? (Lit: What say you good/kindly?) - Hva segir gott? How's it going? - Hvernig gengur? What do you want? - Hva v ilji er? Nothing much. - Ekkert m iki. I dont have a clue (Lit: I have not little idea) - g h ef ekki m innstu hugmynd. Im fine, Im good. g segi a llt gott/gtt. See you later! - Bless mean, Sjumst sar. Bye all! - Bless allir!

A window of Bnus (Bonus), the cheapest grocery store. Grocery store, Grocery shop Shopping t rolly/cart Kerra Matvruverslun, Matvrub Whats for dinner? Circle, Ring - Baugur Hva er matinn? Pig Grs

Example dialogue: Jn: H! Hva heitir ? H i! What is your name? (Hi! Kvath hey-tihr thoo?) Sarah: Hall! g h eiti Sarah. g b Kanada o g g er a lra slensku. Hvaan ert ? H ello! My name is Sarah. I live in Canada and I am learning Icelandic. Where are you f rom? (Hallo! Yehg hey-tea Sarah. Yehg b ee ee Canada a w y ehg air ath lie-rah eese-len-skoo. Kva-than air-t thoo?) Jn: g h eiti Jn. g er f r slandi. g er a lra ensku. My name is Jn. I am from Iceland. I am learning English. (Yehg hey-tea Yo-hn. Yehg air frow Ees-landy. Yehg air ath lie-rah ehn- skoo.) Sarah: Gaman a kynnast r. Nice to m eet you. (Gah-mahn ath k in-nahst th-yer.) Jn: Somuleiis! Likewise! (Soo-muh-lay-this!) Exercises: (Fill in the blank) _____________________________ H e is from Germany Vi __________________________ slandi We live in Iceland Hann ________________________ Noregi H e lives in Norway r _________________________ They live in Russia _____________________________ You all a re from England (Translate to Icelandic then convert sentences to questions and vice-versa) Example: You are from France. A rent you from France? Isnt h e f rom Sweden? _____________________________ He is a student _____________________________ Dont they (m) live in Finland? ___________________________ We live in the United States. _____________________________ You guys are f rom Iceland, a rent you? ________________________ Dont you a ll live in Spain? ______________________________ He is learning Icelandic now _____________________________

Fairly Recent News: The Prime Minister of Iceland, Jhanna Sigurardttir, married Jnna Lesdttir in June 2010. They had previously been in a civil union together but this makes them officially wife and wife.

Vocabulary: Couple, married couple Hjn Marriage Hjnaband Marital law - Hjskaparlg Prime Minister/Premier - Forstisrherra My time will come! - Minn t mi mun koma! The civil unions that were p reviously Are the beds in the t wo-person available had the exact same rights rooms separate? - as marriage for straight couples, it Eru rmin tveggja manna was just a d ifferent name. herbergjunum askilin

Te & Kaffi is a shop that a lso sells sweets/candy. Tea - Te Coffee - Kaffi Automobile - Bll Excellent Cup - Framrskarandi bolli Website Vefsetur And Og

History: People used to throw soap in geysers to get them to erupt. This was especially popular with the soldiers during WWII out of sheer boredom. You could a lso cook your food in hot springs (like eggs) or in the h eat of a geyser. There were no real roads in Iceland until the Danish royalty came, then they made a single one to cater to their sensitive-rulers-who-never- Witches:

visited. This was for the most part the only real road until the American o ccupation in WWII, where the soldiers made a bunch. Vocabulary: Soap Spa Street, road Strti Coach, Carriage, Vehicle Vagn Meet, Hit Hitta Damn Dane fool - Helvtis andskotans danaffl

Vocabulary: Hag, Vixen, Witch - Skass When there were witch burnings Witch Norn taking p lace in various countries, To burn, be on fire A brenna Iceland also participated. However Betrayal, Treachery, Fraud Svik unlike most countries, Iceland High t reason Landr burned mostly m en. Despite this the Woman - Kona first p erson to be burned alive was a Man Karlmau woman, and it was for treason. (Disclaimer: This was from m emory, the facts may not be accurate.) Pufflings - The pufflings fly out into the o cean after theyre thrown. Finding the In summer the inhabitants of pufflings is a popular thing for Heimaey take to the streets at night children to do and without their to find fledgling puffins (pufflings) help, the little birds would be that land in the city during their first mauled and/or eaten by cats and migration. Atlantic Puffins use the dogs. moon to navigate when they migrate and the streetlights disrupt Vocabulary: inexperienced pufflings flights. Puffling - Lundapysja In the night, At night A nttu til The b irds are captured, placed in To flee, escape A f lja boxes, and k ept until morning. Then To throw A kasta theyre taken to the beach and Kids - Krakkar thrown into the a ir by the children.

Weather in Iceland (Reykjavk) Although Iceland is only t wo degrees south of the a rticle circle it is relatively warm in climate due to being n ear the Gulf Stream. The average temperature is around 0C/32F in winter and 10 to 15/50 to 59 in summer, however Reykjavk is v ery windy and you need to take that wind chill factor into effect. The countryside, depending on where you go, can b e colder or warmer than the capital.

Due to the midnight sun effect there is almost constant daylight in the m iddle of summer and almost no daylight in the m iddle of winter. Vocabulary: The A rctic Circle Norurheimskautsbaugurinn Climate - Loftslag Winter - Vetur Summer - Sumar Daylight - Dagsbirta Darkness - Myrkur Precipitation - rkoma

The v iew outside Caf. Meet House - Red - Pedestrian - Hitt Hsi Rauur Ftgangandi He said h e would come - Hann sagist tla a koma

 Music: Erla orsteinsdttirs voice is very clear and you can follow along with her songs and h ear the different syllables in h er words easily. H er songs a re v ery good for listening practice and learning new vocabulary. However, h er music is older and it m ight be difficult to find CDs and lyrics. ramtaskaupi: The New Years Comedy is an annual television special shown before m idnight on New Years. The show receives some of the highest ratings in the world and it consists of satirical skits that poke fun at the events that happened in the past year, for example how the government has a cted. Most Icelanders watch the show and sometimes the skits are subtitled. You can watch the show online after it has a ired if you missed it. and a caf is up a few f lights of stairs. - See a movie. You can f ind show times in the local paper or wander to the theatre and catch something random. They show a lot of foreign films and most likely youll see some of the same English-language ones you can find at home, but the Icelandic movie theatre experience is slightly unique. If youre lucky, youre in Iceland when the foreign film festival is happening. Most o r a ll of the movies a re subtitled in English and if you want to see a lot of them you can buy all your t ickets at once for a discount. Since not all of the movies take place in the same building you can see inside various places you might not have traveled to otherwise. Last y ear you could buy tickets at Eymundsson.

- See a protest o r hazing. Protests are more common these days, and Things to visit and do: hazing is a v ery popular thing to do In Reykjavk: to new students of all a ges. If youre - Visit Eymundsson. Its a book store in the right spot at the right time where you can buy things in you might manage to catch one o r Icelandic, English, and other major both of these things chances a re languages. There are multiple f loors youll have no clue whats going on, but there will b e music and people.

 A scene in a James Bond movie was f ilmed here. Glacier - Jkull Beach - Strnd Black - Svartur Fish Pancakes (Fisklummur): Leftover, cooked f ish (fisk) Garlic (hvtlaukur) 1 small laukur 1 msk. Kartflumjl 3 msk. mjl 1 egg 2 kartflur Milk (mjlk) Remove the bones (bein) f rom the f ish and f lake with a fork. Mince the cooked potatoes, chop the onion, add garlic for taste. Add t he flours, beaten egg, and thin with m ilk until it is like thin porridge o r pancake dough. Fry as with pancakes on medium h eat. Sand Sandur Tourist Feramaur Boat - Btur

Traits of Icelanders: Icelanders eat most things with knives and forks. This can include pizza, chips/French fries, and hamburgers. When driving they a ct as if theyre the only ones on the road, make abrupt U-turns, and run red lights. Occasionally one person will run a red light, and so will the car b ehind them. But dont worry, driving in Iceland is just a s safe as in your Slang, Cognates, Et Cetera: Box, boxing Box Book Bk House Hs Mother Mir Father Fair Brother Brir

home country - possibly even safer, because there is a low population in Iceland which makes t raffic light. Vocabulary: Knife Hnfur Fork Gaffall Pizza Pitsa Chips/Fries - Franskar Kartflur Hamburger - Hamborgari Itll b e a lright, Itll turn out fine - etta reddast Sister Systir Step(mother) Stjp(mir) Yoghurt Jgrt Broccoli Brokkol, Spergilkl Sour m ilk (type of yoghurt) - Srmjlk

The t ruth sounds more like a lie (Fact is stranger than f iction) - Sannleikurinn er lyginni lkastur. To talk nineteen to the dozen (often used sarcastically to comment that someone is being quiet o r unresponsive) - Samkjafta ekki. Similar pays v isit to similar (It takes one to know one) - Lkur skir lkan h eim. Its like you ate a mad mans shit (Used to describe someone a cting like a crazy bitch.) - a er eins o g hafir ti s manns skit. I come completely f rom the mountains (I have no idea what youre talking about / whats going on) - g k em alveg af fjllum.

Tourist Vocabulary and Phrases: What do you call this in Icelandic? What is this? Do you want Do you want the receipt? May I offer you a receipt? That is 8767 crowns. Anything else? Do you want a bag? May I offer you a bag? Hva heitir etta slensku? Hva er etta? Viltu Viltu miann/kvittun/strimilinn? M bja r miann/kvittun/strimilinn? a eru/gera 8767 k rnur. (Var a) eitthva fleira? Viltu poka? M bja r poka?

All you need to understand is fleira, poka, kvittun, miann, and strimilinn. Then reply with j/nei, takk. Always say takk thanks. In Iceland you almost a lways bag your o wn groceries, so make sure to do this yourself. Ordering more: Fleiri more (a greater number) Meira more (in quantity) You'd say fleiri b lantar (more pencils) but m eira kaffi (more coffee). You can't say "fleira kaffi" because kaffi can't be counted in numbers. Learning Resource Reviews: 1.) The Icelandic Online website is poorly laid out and difficult to use in the b eginning. The grammar explanations a re mostly just charts. Theres little way of checking your mistakes for the example dialogue and reading passages. The m ini activities t ell you how much you got wrong o r right, but not exactly which answers were correct or incorrect. Icelandic Online also only provides the m inimum amount of Icelandic needed to pass the exam in order to get into the bachelors degree program for Icelandic as a second language at the University of Iceland. However, the site does contain a lot of learning materials and once one is a cquainted with the basics of Icelandic, it is easy to figure out most learning objects. From then on the site is very helpful.

2.) Lrum slensku contains a lot of vocabulary and useful conjugation charts as well a s grammar. However, the t extbook is v ery thick and the grammar is spread out between many pages of vocabulary charts. This makes the t extbook overwhelming with the a mount of memorization required between moving onto new lessons and makes it very t edious to go through. The lessons are a lso very wordy and difficult to read even while containing good information. 3.) Beginner's Icelandic consists of fourteen chapters, each with grammar, dialogue, and exercises. Two audio CDs are included with

the book. They do a good job of breaking down the grammar and teaching it simply, while also teaching some phrases o r expressions not found in other textbooks. They have more realistic dialogues than some other textbooks. However the book has typos in its Icelandic and the audio CDs fall out of their slots if you don't tape them closed (they don't close on their o wn). The typos make m e wary about the accuracy of the book overall. One of the many tourist destinations. Nature - Nttra Rocks - Grjt Mountain Fjall Gravel b ed - Melur Gravel bank - Malarkambur

Links: Community for practicing languages http://community.livejournal.com/pidginpost/ Conjugation and d eclinations (type into the search box, ex. heita) - http://bin.arnastofnun.is/ Eymundsson (book store) - http://www.eymundsson.is/ Icelandic Saga Database (in Icelandic, Old Norse, English) - http://www.sagadb.org/ Learning Nordic Languages Forum - http://learningnordic.yuku.com/ Music Lyrics: - http://www.gitargrip.is/ Vsir (news in Icelandic) - http://www.visir.is Weather - http://www.vedur.is/ Learning Icelandic in Iceland: Eighty-hour intensive summer course in Iceland. http://www.arnastofnun.is Icelandic classes both online and in Iceland http://www.netskoli.is/ Multiple p rograms and program lengths for learning Icelandic. Some for credit/degrees and some not. http://hi.is/

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