#learning icelandic

[mediocrelanguagelearner]

I'm trying to speedrun through Teach Yourself Icelandic, though I don't remember most of it. I don't think I'll be able to communicate in Iceland – even if I could manage to learn Icelandic to a better level, I'm too shy anyway to try –, but I love listening to Ásgeir and I can't get Krummi krunkar úti (a children's song) out of my head, so that's something... Maybe just understanding some signs and being able to say "thank you" will be enough.

[er-cryptid]

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[backpackingspace]

yall why is nothing translated into icelandic???

[rotzaprachim]

Language Moodboard -  íslenska / Icelandic 

[nordic-language-love]

Family vocab in Norwegian (nynorsk) and Icelandic

norsk | íslenska | english

familie (m) | fjölskylda (f) | family

far (m) [pl: fedrar] | faðir (m) [pl: feður] | father mor (f) [pl: mødrer] | móðir (f) [pl: mæður] | mother bror (m) [pl: brør] | bróðir (m) [pl: bræður] | brother syster (f) | systir (f) | sister son (m) [pl: søner] | sonur (m) [pl: synir] | son dotter (f) [pl: døtrer] | dóttir (f) [pl: dætur] | daughter

bestefar (m)* | afi (m) | grandfather bestemor (f)* | amma (f) [pl: ömmur] | grandmother onkel (m) | frændi (m) | uncle tante (f) | frænka (f) | aunt fetter (m) | frændi (m) | male cousin kusine (f) | frænka (f) | female cousin

ektemann (m) | eiginmaður (m) | husband kone (f) | eiginkona (f) | wife forelder (m) | foreldri (n) | parent sysken (n) | systkini (n) | sibling barn (n) | barn (n) | child barnebarn (n) | barnabarn (n) | grandchild

*farfar (m) - paternal grandfather, morfar (m) - maternal grandfather, farmor (f) - paternal grandmother, mormor (f) - maternal grandmother

Please let me know if I’ve made any mistakes!

[dsm-wannabe-linguist]

no one:

icelandic parents doing housework: bless this mess

[thebetterbetulaceae]

Icelandic clothes vocab: föt

föt - clothes

kjól - dress

efri partar - upper parts

bolur - t-shirt

skyrta - shirt

peysa - sweater

jakka - jacket

neðri partar - lower parts

pils - skirt

buxur - pants, trousers

stuttbuxur - shorts

skór - shoes

undirföt - underwear

brjóstahaldari - bra

nærbuxur - panties

sokkar - socks

sokkabuxur - tights

náttföt - pajamas

sundbolur - swimwear (for women)

sundskýla - swimwear (for men)

fylgihlutir - accessories

húfa - hat, cap

trefil - scarf

[stepstofluency]

“You live a new life for every new language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once.”

– Czech proverb