Common Phrases in Icelandic Language : Getting to Know Someone in Icelandic Language

[sicklegs123]

does 'hv' for example hvernig, start with a k sound? I LOVE Icelandic

[renyoborges]

well i think icelandic language is the oldest in the earth .. am i right ?

[hannahxlovinda]

@renyoborges No, I honestly don't think so. It's impossible to know what the oldest language is. If I were to take a wild guess at at least one of the oldest languages, I might go for Egyptian or something. But again, no one knows. Icelandic is an old language though, that's true. It's the language that has the most similarities with old Norse that is still spoken today.

[Haklangr]

@hannahxlovinda You're correct in that Ancient Egyptian is the oldest known language, along with Sumerian (~4,000 B.C.).

[hannahxlovinda]

@Haklangr Can you point me in the direction of your sources? I would really like to read more about this as I'm studying languages, and this would be a good dissertation topic :) Also because I've found different sources saying different things, one said Tamil and Sanskrit are the two oldest languages in the world. It's really interesting stuff :)

[Turpezor]

@renyoborges it's almost exactly the same as old norse, which dates all the way back to the viking age, which is approx. the late 8th century - 13th century.

[Haklangr]

@renyoborges No. Icelandic has its roots in Proto-Germanic, which was in use about 2,500 years ago; however, Ancient Egyptian and Sumerian are the two very oldest known languages, stretching back to at LEAST 6,000 years ago.

[RoadRunnersTech]

them kanadians and britlanders

[simantov666]

if ya speak german, it must be easy to learn this language. many words are familiar

[GeologyRocks101]

It says in the bio that she has been giving lessons in Icelandic for five years, not that she has been living there for five years.

Her surname is given as "Robertsdattir", is Robert a normal Icelandic name? Also I thought the suffix for daughter in Icelandic names was "dóttir" rather than with a d?

I don't think anyone is expecting to learn Icelandic from the videos, but it does aid pronunciation.

[crescentgel]

natalia = very helpful and pretty

[randomenvelope]

shes native, speaks Icelandic I guess since I hear no form of english accent but shes not good at this and you wont learn Icelandic from watching her youtube videos, we are not that impressive anyway, don't bother.

[ComonPpl00]

@randomenvelope

if you had read the info, you'd have seen that she has only been here (iceland) for 5 years

[randomenvelope]

@ComonPpl00 that explains why her Icelandic isn't that good. Icelanders look no different from any other white people so I couldn't tell, her flashy accent sounded like it was close to Icelandic. Similar to a person from norway or danmark

[Perititia]

Is there a rule when to use "ertu" and when "ert þú"?

[CubeBikez]

@Perititia Isn't "ertu" just "are", and "ert pú" "are you"?

[GokoJuji]

Vill veta hur "Svíþjóð" uttalas!

[Kenzofeis]

@GokoJuji Brennevin? hehe

[annawintheer93]

ég sé hvað þú gerir í frítíma haha

[blankprobe1pt4]

Bandar-rik-junum. I bet "rik" means country/state and "junum" is union.

Im a swede as well btw. Oh carrot, but this word was far fetched even to me! xD

Haaah, I love this.

[oogaomo]

good jod

[Oedemaband]

Can someone tell me how to say "I love you, despite knowing love is more than seeing you"?

[nagiji]

halló ég er mjög góður í íþrottum og er buinn að læra íslensku í mörg ár takk

[raulsaenz]

@nagiji Halló ég er duglegur að elda og mér finnst gaman að ríða. Takk fyrir mig.

[HelgaDerman]

ептаааа какой классс

боже кто додумался создать такие видосы *_________*

поорала я с того, как исландцы называю США)) вот молодцы))) обожаю этот язык

[Silinfonica]

it have to be nice to understand all diferent cultures^^

[xxNaThUxx]

oh i love icelandic. <3 at first i though it was incredible to learn the pronounciation but ... maybe i can do it =) (im austrian btw)

[flouganator]

damn this bitch is hot. i'd raaaaaail her. man. haha. deffinatly worth learning this language for her hahahahhah

[darkchamoy07]

This is hard to understand! hahaha my mother language is spanish and english. I can speak a little bit of german. But still is hard ... :S

[Cheerios1205]

me too... it is hard! my mother languages are spanish and english, but i find it hard to roll my tongue and say some of the icelandic words!

[LimePatch]

woooow, I could understand all of them without her translating them and I am swedish!

[666Nauthiz777]

Ursprungligen är det ju samma språk ^^

Det finns faktiskt ett speciellt dalmål som låter näst intill som oförändrad fornnordiska.

[RiaRuss]

@LimePatch Jeah its very similar. I just klearn Swedish and Norwegian and I still can understand a lot :) Similar!

[JukkAMoviE]

@LimePatch Same here :)



[eelexa]

@LimePatch lol, the first thing I thought when I heard her speak Icelandic was that it sounds really similar to Swedish. My roommate is Swedish and taught me a couple words.

[CubeBikez]

@LimePatch I am danish, and the only one I couldn't without translation, was the United States. Seriously, Bandaríkjunum? The one who seemed most like danish, was Ertu gift? Danish: Er du gift?

[birgittaXD]

@CubeBikez lol, I'm Icelandic and I think the Icelandic word for The United States, Bandaríkin, so pretty and cool and so think many others. haha, don't know why I'm saying this, but yeah.....

But all Icelanders have to learn Danish and most of us suck in it, lol.

[ObLiViOnZThEkIllEr]

@LimePatch Same, I'm norwegian :p Remember, we used to speak this language, except we didnt pronounce it like this back then.

[SpaceCthulhuofDoom]

@LimePatch Till och med USA? 

[nemo125cc]

its alot like swedish but still not

[sajdsdasio]

it's quite hard to pronounce the words for people that live in english speaking countries

[murleymirtle]

lol, the german equivalent for gift is poison.Nice association.

[lualuana]

yeah and gamall/gömul sounds like "gammeln" which means rotting - nice association speaking of age ;)

[MrManson94]

@murleymirtle gift = married and poison here in sweden aswell :)

[Cornampoo]

@murleymirtle LOL I know this is late but you're completely wrong. The word for gift and poison is the same word in German: 'Gift', although you could use 'Geschenk' for gift as well.

[GumboOracle]

@Cornampoo @murleymirtle I think you're both right. :)

[jlspma]

@murleymirtle in swedish, gift means marriage AND poison.

[Chachy1337]

@murleymirtle well actually in Norway it means both :P gift = poison in Norwegian AND marriage like , Are you married ? = Er du gift?

[emperorsenshi]

No, I'm not out to burn.

[bearshitwoods]

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[aGeilini]

in faroese it goese like this:

"Hvaðani ert tú frá"

"eg eri frá..."

"Amerika"

"Kanada"

"Bretlandi"

"hvussu gamal ert tú" "hvussu gomul ert tú"

"ert tú gift""ert tú giftur"

"eigur tú børn"

[bearshitwoods]

sorry not yolandi,, natalia, lol

[bearshitwoods]

bretlandi, why? what? oh wait a minute,,,,,,,,bret = BRIT. landi = LAND.

land of the britons, fuckin sweet,i get get it, carry on yolandi

[ElvenDane]

Very good -. I was wondering about that one too, and then it came to me LOL

[eastfjords]

Asking a man in icelandic would be " Ertu kvæntur"

Not "ertu giftur"

because the women is given to the man , so she "Giftist" but he "Kvænist" which means that he takes the women

[PaulyPlz]

"Canada..Kanada..Kanada"

That's an easy one.

[stevenaudet]

Kanada Kick Ass Wooo... sorry!

[MeyKhanLi]

God!!!!

This is beautiful!

SOOOOO hard to learn, but one day I'll get!

Natalia seems an Elv speaking" ^__^

[kijhvuytv]

i love u natalia! teach me more! MORE! MOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!

[rabian333]

Me love natalia too :))

[cahenriq]

Thanks Natalia =D

[weedforbhg]

very nice,i'm about to learn icelandic,so beaitiful,reminds me of alvish,Hampus from sweden.

[eydis77]

my name is Italia ?? wtf ?

[xswitchbladefights]

"natalia", i think.

[eydis77]

haha yes I think it now x'd

[hansvonkluga]

cuanto me puede costar por ir a danzar contigo un fin de semana.

[zephc]

Bu hao!

[north336]

nice job... go ahead !

thx from norway