Common Phrases in Icelandic Language : Communications Phrases in Icelandic Language

[honululuboy]

a beautiful language spoken by a beautiful woman



[truserester]

@Fodn1 faroese is more similar to norwegian than icelandic:)

[corinjorgenson]

@RANDOOMSHIT I speak a little Danish, and comparing these simple phrases in the 2 languages there are many similarities (like with many languages) but the sounds Icelandic makes are much more glottal then Danish is. I'm no expert, but I hear similarities, but they are different enough that you can say they are practically the same language

[sonalex]

sounds a lot like swedish/danish. :-)

[RANDOOMSHIT]

@sonalex ITS OLD NORWEGIAN >:(

[Turpezor]

@sonalex Icelandic is basically old norse, since old norse was spoken across all of scandinavia, it is no coincidence that the languages sound alike. Take it from an Icelander, who has read old scrolls from sweden and understood every single word and phrase 100% while the swedish need expert linguists to translate it.

[SuperBenkoo]

How do I understand the answers?

[TheElectricDreamer93]

Finally expertvilliage has something useful.

[LeaLovesBeauty]

This is such a funny language ((:

[hellifairy]

Takk fyrir...its the best one can find on the net and its what you REALLY need.

Iam helping a german/icelandic friend nearly every summer in her guesthouse on Vestmannaeyjar ( Thohastid ...my tastature has no icelandic letters;-)) and these phrases are used all the time.Best training for me at home. Please do more of this

[einfaraulfur]

Þegar við segjum ,,allt í lagi" segjum við venjulega bara ,,ok"

[Valathe]

i like how she has to read again for "it was my fault"...guess that she doesn't have to say that too often, no wonder with that looks :D

[Nerdicusable]

I'm currently learning Icelandic, and there are some things I've noticed. The grammar is fairly straightforward if you acquire a good method for learning all the cases. Because of this, writing your own sentences does not become very hard. It's a Germanic language, so there are similarities syntactically. However, the pronunciation is just blowing me out of the water. People thought English was rough, but this is just something else entirely.

[mapache11]

Am I the only one who thinks that Icelandic sounds like English spoken backwards?

I wonder if icelandic spoken backwards sounds like English.

[SirBrackalot]

I want to work and live in Iceland. Does anyone know a work exchange program maybe?

[hunnibunninooner]

can someone tell me a good icelandic language program

i can't really find any

[zygoose]

is ekki used a defensive thing? like don't do that! ekki!

or like stop it?

[lecrapauddejerri9]

@zygoose not really, e.g. ég veit ekki (I don't know), Epli eru ekki græn (apples are not green). Just basically a negative word, not to be perceived as threatening.

[guimasun]

Hi Natalia, is it true that a english savant learnt basic icelandic in 1 week?

[lecrapauddejerri9]

@guimasun His name is Daniel Tammet, search him on youtube and teh documentary where he learns Icelandic in a week is on here. So jealous of him haha

[DeadWhiteButterflies]

"nei"-something I fear I will be hearing a lot of if I tried asking for directions! XD

[Panoptic555]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for these!

[Fodn1]

þýdd á færeysku er orðalagi þessa: Ja Nei Frálíkt Ikki Alt í lagi Tað er í lagi Tað er rætt Vinarligast Ja takk Eg takki tær fyri Tú ert vælkomin Nei takk Orsakað Eg biði orsaka (umskylda) Tað var ikki mín skyld Tað var mín skyld 

[slayer47]

Would have been cool if we in Sweden and the rest of the nordic countries still would have spoken the old norse language, that is closely related to Icelandic.. Then we would have been really united.

[BaronSvea]

@slayer47 Yeah, that would be awsome :D

[PopicaShow]

very complicated for latins speakers

[guluris]

Thank you for those lessons.

I'm gratefull , I'm going to take this opportunity to learn Icelandic.

Best wishes

[kickflipsman]

it sounds like finish

[bffaeaeaex3]

I forgot about iceland.. i thought it was greenland?

[DarkWitchArizona]

wow these lessons are pretty helpful

but lol at "that wasn't my fault" XD kind of random...

makes me think of the french lesson in the St.Trianians movie.

[OmnualofShadow]

I like these videos. Its actually useful because the dictionary I have doesnt really cover much and she teaches full proper sentences...tho it doesnt mean learning this isnt a pain in the ass. lol But worth it all the same =)

[XxVECT0RxX]

I definitely want to learn Icelandic someday, it sounds so beautiful!

[BARBERISEU]

Icelandic is a very beautiful language so similar with Norwegian,another one amazing language. Greetings from Hellas.

[MikriMourlou]

@BARBERISEU kai nomiza pws oi ellines dn kseroun tin uparksi ts islandias... :P oi perissoteroi dn kseroun kan pou peftei... xairomai:D

[gustavinho71]

Hottie ; )

Mer finnst gaman ad laera mig islensku :)

[goodsoninc]

icelandic is the closest language to norse

[89slauga]

Icelandic is the old norse language. Norwegians can´t even understand their old language.

[milf251]

Hey that is not true! We on the west

coast of Norway understands much of the old Norse, because Nynorsk is a modernization of the old language we had before. So we have many words from old Norse.....

[89slauga]

Well i thought so coz we have many friends from Norway and they said that norwegians can't understand it sorry, and i know that its old west norse, and also we can read old norse its only alittle different. Icelandic is the least changed language of old norse so we icelanders can understand what our forefathers were saying, and i wasnt being cocky about it at least that wasnt my intention. And the accent is actually better perserved in iceland that is what we have learned.

[rotteklo]

If anyone goes far enough back in time, they won't understand what their forefathers were saying. Just like Norwegians don't understand 100% of Old Norse, Icelanders don't understand Proto-Germanic. And please bear in mind that Icelandic is the remnants of Old WEST Norse, not Old Norse altogether. Also, most linguists claim that the Old West Norse accent is much better preserved in Norway than on Iceland. So try not to be so cocky about it.

[errrick]

I wonder why such a beautiful language is only spoken by less than 300.000 people :(

[notblondeswede]

I'm going to learn it. Just wait...

It might take 6 years though :(

[gamasa2020]

because your are stupied thats why 6 years i learn english in 3 years and i hold canadian passport

[notblondeswede]

Icelandic is not a single thing like english.

btw, I'm not a native english speaker and I'm only 17 but my english is very good unlike yours.

[gamasa2020]

who told you my english is bad !!! budy im holding canadian passport ( mission impossible ) for some 1 like you ohh dont forget>> drink the milk B4 u sleep .

[notblondeswede]

LOL nobody told me. I could tell by looking at the grammar in your comment.

[Hunter411raven]

wow like both of ur english is good but gamasa2020 your missing articles such as "a" and "the" so dont get all offensive

[TheZefMan]

Notblondeswedes English is better than yours. You can communicate, but it's grammatically incorrect. Normally, I'd give you credit for trying, but since you're being such an arsehole about it, I'll just tell you to fuck yourself :)

[kickflipsman]

english suck your fathers balls

[TheZefMan]

@kickflipsman

That's not relevant to anything, and that is not a coherent sentence. Many people can write properly in English, and I can write properly in my second language, so I think the reason your English is so bad is because you are actually stupid.

Learn to write properly, then I'll listen to what you have to say.

[kickflipsman]

@TheZefMan shut up bitch i don't have so good english because a am swedish noot english dick head

[TheZefMan]

@kickflipsman

I know Germans, Norwegians, Poles, Pakistanis -all of them speak English better than you, and none of them speak it as their first language.

Swedish is actually pretty close to English (both of them are Germanic languages), so the fact that your English is so bad really only shows how much of an idiot you are.

[Rubyglow57]

@kickflipsman So what, Im Swedish to. My English is understandable, yours is not. Well, kinda, because I somehow managed to get what you meant. Anyway, it's not because you're not anglophone, but maybe because you haven't learnt English properly. Using insults like "dick head" is not very relevant. Ever. It will only make you look stupid. Sorry to say. If you have difficulties with languages, I can totally understand that. Just don't insult someone you don't know. Icelandic is nice though.

[BaronSvea]

@kickflipsman Sluta lek tuffing på nätet. Far i stället ut och lek med dina vänner istället. Du skämmer bara ut dig själv.

[kickflipsman]

@BaronSvea vad leker du cool har för stick och begå ett självmord så ee du nt så jävla cool längre ee internet

[BaronSvea]

@kickflipsman Jag ser att svenska inte är din starkaste sida. Du kanske ska ta några svenska lektioner nu under sommarn så att du kommer ikapp dom andra barnen till höst.

[kickflipsman]

@BaronSvea om du eeh så jävla cool kom och säg var du bor så krossar jag din hjärna bara säg snaäälla det ee fel person du pratar med jag bryr mig inte om du bor lågte eler kort jag kommer andå komma till dig och mishandla dig

[BaronSvea]

@kickflipsman Haha, Ursäkta mig men du råkar möjligt vis inte vara en invandrare? ;P Först trodde jag att det bara var en liten grabb som spelade alan ballan över nätet, men nu verkar det som att jag har en fullblods svarting med att göra. 1. Sluta spela apa, du skämmer bara ut dig. 2. Även om jag nu skulle ge ut namn och address så tro jag att du har varken pengar eller modet till att komma och knaka pannan på mig ;P.

[BaronSvea]

@kickflipsman Men om du nu måste veta så. Tänker definitivt inte outa mig eller på nåt sätt lämna ut information så att andra super puckon kan göra sig rolig över det. Men du kan ju börja med att komma till Umeå så kan vi gå vidare där ;)

[kickflipsman]

@BaronSvea okej då någon ska bli mishandlad ikväll kom till stan så snakar du inte lika mycket..

[BaronSvea]

@kickflipsman Hahaha Seriöst nu grabben. Du är 10? Inser du allvarlet, Du är 9 år yngre en mig. Iden att ens röra dig är för mig helt främmande! Tycker du ska ta å tagga ned lite.

[bbperv]

your english sucks

[DWarrior666]

@errrick location, location, location

[boost266]

@errrick dude i am from iceland and it is preety boring when you know it and english is much much more fun

[frizzalingur]

@errrick I'm one of them hah

[RANDOOMSHIT]

@errrick realy??? NORWAY 5.000.000, SWEDEN 10.000.000, FINLAND 5.000.000, DANISH 5.000.000 = 25.000.000 SPEAKS  PRETTY MUCH LIKE ICELANDIC...

[errrick]

@RANDOOMSHIT congratulations sir, you have just proven how ignorant you are. even though icelandic and other scandinavian languages have many things in common, icelandic is A LOT different if you consider how similar danish/swedish/norwegian are between them. Icelandic is to those languages pretty much what Latin is to Spanish, French, Italian.. etc. Plus you mentioned FINLAND? hahaha you obviously have no idea of what you are talking about. Finnish is absolutely NOTHING similar to any of these.

[RANDOOMSHIT]

@errrick mKay? you call me arrogant, WELL FUCK YOU.

[HesseJamez]

Ja = "Ja" , Nei = Nein in German

[Guardian016]

Icelandic is such a cool language!

[emperorsenshi]

Curious question: do double consonants mean added stress or an added consonant sound? They don't seem to be different consonants entirely as seen sometimes in other languages.

[europethomas]

HIHI ! It looks a very cute language ! God bless you to give few informations aout your language, because here in France there are not many books to learn islandska !

[Antichristevil13]

so þ is f

[voidwarranty]

no. it's a th

[NeoFalcon69]

it's kinda hard to explain "þ" is like "th" in English. Like "Th" in "Thank you"

English and Icelandic has this kept this sound except English lost the " þ" during it's own development and used "th" instead.

About the Mainland germanic languages like German and Dutch - "Th" experienced a vowel shift hence them saying "Dank" (Thank) with a D sound not a "th/þ" sound.

[gladandhappy]

for clarity

þ is like the 'th' in 'thing'

ð is like the 'th' in 'this'.

In English we don't normally notice the difference, but try swapping the first letters and you'll see the difference.

[NeoFalcon69]

Thanks for your comment

Reminds me of "dit" in Dutch.

[gavinplaysbass]

We should start using those characters again. We used to in old english, and it would mean a more accurate and efficient alphabet. For every time you could replace "th" with a single character i bet we'd save some paper.

[davie1238]

@gladandhappy You should be a teacher. Brilliant explanation.

[davie1238]

@NeoFalcon69 Thanks for explaining that. Excellent :)

[thekoiponds]

kinda hard to pronounced it..

but it's very helpful for me.

[ingunnping]

ég biðst afsökunar is quite formal. Normal people say fyrirgefðu, afsakið or sorrí:)

[jevicci]

Do people really say "ég biðst afsökunar"? All I've ever really heard was "fyrirgefðu".

[Doddi55]

yea like she says it like we say: I am sorry but ppl just say Fyrirgefðu

[gladandhappy]

same here...

[ik1124]

How does one say: "Hear me pillage your Village" not a joke, just planing on saying that randomly on the street dressed as a viking

[noflo02]

I think it's: Heyra mig ránskapur þinn Þorp. I'm not sure, I just speak a little icelandic, since my mum is from Patreksfjörður :)

[bjarkihjaltalin]

I'm a whore = ég er hóra

im icelandic XD

[astrawalk]

mm i have a cuestion and in spanish jaja i wanna learn islenka help me please

[MattProABC]

can anyone tell me what 'i dont know is' with the correct pronunciation, after the correct spelling

[hiroto6011]

it´s "ég veit ekki"

[muckie00]

shes quite hot

anyway off to iceland now! talk in a few weeks x

[xAsassinsDeathx]

i agree

[Andriissocoollike]

sælir peyjar:D

[aGeilini]

á Føroyskum er tað "ja" "nei" "Frálíkt" "Ikki" "alt í lagi" "Hatta er í lagi" "hatta er ræt" "vinaligast" "ja takk" "eg takki tær fyri" "vælgagnist" "nei takk" "orsaka"

[Crappypresent]

Quite a difficult language I guess...

[ccfanss]

it is

[frdrcksncn]

there's no easy language for that matter...although yeah I agree with you..

[cleitonst]

Cool! And the girl is awesome *.*

Regards from Novo Hamburgo, extreme south of Brazil, near Uruguay

[bloocao]

damn, she is fine.

[sverdslynger]

tusen takk fra norge

[muckie00]

norsk:)

thankyou very much

[hawkcx]

nonono pfff

we dont say: hver er þu frá?

we say: Hvaðan ertu?

I'm from Iceland

[barryjohnrubi]

hver er þu frá?

[CherieErwin]

Wonderful...more please!

[koiheart]

Takk fyrir for posting these conversational language lessons! They are excellent! Very clear and easy to follow. The best I've found on YouTube by far. You inspire me to practice again and it's been 4 years since I last did so in earnest when we went to Akureyri.

[twominutepenalty]

þakka þér fyrir. . . um, for posting this.

[dragoonjustice]

[Th]akka [th]er fyrir!!!

[hirotaro1]

Takk also :)

[zemryan]

It's very helpful for me! Thank you! Takk Takk Takk!

[binkergirl]

thank you!