What most people don't realize, is Icelandic (even modern Icelandic), is the most similar cousin to Old English. Most people don't know that Old English, was 100% Germanic Saxon. We say they speak backwards (as in, Germanic languages) but really, modern English does lol. Today, it seems we have more in common with French, than we do with our roots. Youtube for Old English, and you should come a cross a video that is about 8:32 long, with a picture of some text, hosted by (I think) Alex.
@ios254 Isn't icelandic old norwegian? Or maybe a mix of old norwegian and old english? I think I'v heard that its inspired by old english and old norwegian. I am from Norway, from the vest part of Norway, and for me this language seems a little familiar. Much of it is the same or at least almost the same as we speak in west Norway, and some of it seems very difference too.
@kk440635NORWAY This is true...pretty much everything Scandinavian (including Old English), were based off of old Norse. I believe, however that modern Icelandic is what they say is the most "Similar" to Old English but this is not to say that Norse is too different from either one. I should have chose Norwegian, instead I chose to get into Danish, which is so complicated in the sense that they contract everything. When I listen to Norwegian, I get more of that old Germanic Saxon feel.
god , ! i wanna go to iceland ! :'( hope ill go to that beautiful country :'( any friends from iceland? add me on fb please , nazurah.nerdnurd ! :) i need friend from that country :) im from malaysia !
@nerdnurdlovebb Hi. I am from Norway, I am going to Iceland this year. But when I ask my friends if they would join me they say "No, I we don't want to go to Iceland it looks boring." But I think it looks really interesting to go there, so I'm gonna go there alone. I have a very big inters of Iceland so I'm looking forward for it. Its good to know other people that share the same inters of Iceland :)
@kk440635NORWAY WOW ! sounds great ! i always dream to go there .. and i hope one day i will having a best holiday in my life in iceland , and yeah , the country looks so beautiful . i know this country but i dont know how beautiful the place are , and one day , i'm listening to sigur ros songs , and im looking for the video olsen olsen , and then i realize how beautiful that place are ... anyway, enjoy your vacation ! :) i hope that is your best vacation ever!
When I was 2 I moved to Iceland.I spoke fluent Icelandic until I was 4 as I moved back to England.I am now 15. This sounds stupid but do I have to relearn it or will i remember it again somehow? thanks :-)
@RestorationSlam Thats because it has been left behind in the Middle Ages. Icelandic is old norse. The way of writing is practically the same, (even though they wrote in runes back then) but the way of speaking is most likely very different.
@RestorationSlam look i am icelandic and there are some words in english that are very similar and in danish too but we also use alot of english slang
Our language seems to be really difficult, but don´t worry we speak many other languages:) and it is much easier to learn language when you are here:)
it's very close to the old pronounciation of the old germanic languages, very nice. German eg had a heavier evolution and now it sounds very lifeless without all those "th"s and soft sounds...I'm jealous
These videos are awesome :P Learning Icelandic pretty fast :D These videos are amazing - Þessi myndbönd eru ótrúlega. I have purchased a special keyboard :L
Icelandic is actually very similar to old English, look up the lords prayer in old English or find a version of Beowolf with the original text, it's really similar.
HI, my name is Karien. I was wondering if I could ask you a few things about Iceland . Im writing a book and I dont want to say things unnapropiate or unconsistent.
Hi could I ask for your help with a Icelandic movie? I found it in English, but no subtitles in any language. I'm making them in my language but I have a problem with some Icelandic names. It's just a few of them. If you can help me send me a message or I'll send it to you. Thank you anyway!
i won't learn icelandic language, jaja it's impossible! i can say this cuz i'm spanish speaker not english so, to learn another NEW language gimme laziness D: but good video :)
You get it perfect, but "Góðan daginn and góða kvöldið" is an poor icelandic (I grew upp in the northeast Iceland, where the language is more original and free from foreign influence)" The right grammatical icelandic is: "Góðan dag and gott kvöld" . Best regards, Húnbogi.
I want to learn icelandic, but there are no teachers where I live, could somebody teach me Icelandic online. I tried online courses but they´re not so helpful.
Miss, þú ert mjög góður í pronunciations og þýðingar. I am a polyglot and Islenska presents challenges to me. Má ég hafa samband við þig, persónulega? Má ég hef netfangið þitt? Þetta er netfangið mitt: anther77@cox.net. Ég heiti Anthony. Vinsamlega? Þakka þú mjög mikill.
@alejo19948 tbh spanish is easy to learn...but that's maybe cuz I already speak french as a mother tongue, and french (like spanish) is a romance language
but yeah i know there are some indo-european languages that are pronounced as they are read, like spanish, italian, german, croatian, slovene, and there are lots of other indo-european languages that I know nothing about that may be pronounced as they are read (armenian, lithuanian, persian, etc.)...but still, there are many like icelandic
@goldenchocolate I thought german was not read as it's written in all the words, spanish is easy to me because it's my mother tongue, but for me french sounds like really hard to learn, it's a beautiful language anyway.
@alejo19948 well, german is mostly read as it's written, but you're right; it's still not perfect, mainly because of those useless double consonents...but in general germanic languages are pretty bad for pronounciation
and yea french is very hard in my opinion, especially pronounciation, and if it weren't my mother tongue I wouldn't want to learn it because of that...for example, "eau" is pronounced exactly like "o", words like "temps" are pronounced like if they were written "tan/ten", etc.
sounds like she says "golden daginn" i heard this 2 times before, it didn't let me comment... the rest is amazing. this time it seems the o is an 'a' sound. but it sounds like she is saying golden daginn for real. is that right? think the same?
@TheLastSliceOfPie Most Germanic languages have little distinction with voiced and voiceless fricatives and plosives, especially at the end of words. I believe most Scandinavian and Slavic languages are like this too.
@TheLastSliceOfPie Actually, you're saying "stop" and not "sdop". You have it just a bit backwards. A close example would be the word "kissed". You say "kist" even though, logically, you should say "kisd". Of course, "kisd" is more difficult to pronounce because you must activate your vocal cords mid-articulation, and the language evolved such that it sounds like "kist". The basis for language evolution (for the most part) tends to be that humans say what's quickest and easiest.
@DallasisaLeo sorry i speak norwegian and there is definitely a distinction between voiced and voiceless fricatives and plosives, even at the end of words...and swedish is the same way.
@heterodoxphilomath I think you either misunderstood my comment or I wasn't clear enough. There is a process in linguistics called assimilation, by which sounds tend to merge with the sounds surrounding them in order to make pronunciation easier. In German, "halb" (half) is pronounced like "halp", in English "dogs" is pronounced like "dogz" because the g is voiced, so too is the S. I don't mean to say that there is NEVER a distinction, but that sometimes spelling doesn't exactly reflect (1/2)
nope - i understood. i have two native languages: english and norewgian. so my english is pretty good. my master's degree = linguistics. know all about assimilation. doesn't work the same in norwegian - svinge (to swing) is really pronounced (s-v-i-ng-e). jobb (job) is pronounced almost like in english - voiced stop clearly voiced. your german example really is a case of devoicing and the rule in german is that in final position, voiced stops (b,d,g) become unvoiced (p,t,k)
@heterodoxphilomath I'm afraid the g "svinge" is a poor example, since the g has no reason to assimilate. HOWEVER, you've given me a great example. It is VERY difficult to pronounce [svinge] (improv IPA, don't get mad about my substandard letter usage), and most, if not all Norwegians, will say [sfinge]. I guarantee it, and if you don't agree with me, record yourself saying [svinge] and [sfinge].
the nasal stop (ng) was not the focus of the example, it was the sv in words like svinge, svane (swan) and sverige (sweden). the v is definitely voiced while the s is definitely unvoiced. it's not difficult for a native speaker of norwegian to pronounce it, but you, being a native speaker of english, would have trouble and would want to assimilate one sound to another, especially since in english there is lots of assimilation going on and you are used to sounds assimilating ...
@heterodoxphilomath Let's say that you're correct, and that no Norwegian, no matter how fast they're talking, ever says [sfinge]. Even then, what have you proven? I'm afraid nothing. I never claimed that every language had the same rules for assimilation. I was just presenting an example. But so you know, if assimilation didn't occur, Norwegian would be EXACTLY the same as Old Norse. Assimilation is the driving force behind language evolution and you should know that better than most.
@heterodoxphilomath Also, my experience with Swedish and Norwegian is limited, but I'm pretty sure know that assimilation occurs in all languages whether you want to admit it or not.
Examples of pronunciation differing from spelling:
kj = [ɕ] (not [kʲ] or [kj] )
rn = [ɳ] (not [rn] )
sj = [ʃ] (not [sʲ] or [sj] )
Nearly anywhere a spelling goes against logic, that's the result of assimilation.
Or how about the fact that G in the Norwegian alphabet can be [g] or [j] depending on context?
@heterodoxphilomath (2/2) pronunciation. I'm sure there are examples of this occurring in Norwegian and Swedish because, to the best of my knowledge, it occurs in most languages with an alphabet. A study on Norwegian Phonology would be beneficial here, but I can't be arsed to do the research. I can practically guarantee, however, that you can find it in Norwegian.
@Shelleypoet94 Iceland was populated by Noremen and Gaelic women so there probably is a great deal of Gaelic influence on the language, not just from Wales but also Ireland and Scotland.
@SonofTheNorthStorm Hey, the ae combo is pronounced as ''ai'' There is this really good video in youtube, this is called Islandic: The Alphabet. Check it out, it helps a lot! :)
@COPAMUND99 Chinese is very simple, but you'd have just one great problem: every single word is quite different from whatever you've already heard. Icelandic could be easier to learn for those who already know English and/or German (or other northern languages).
@NorgexDanmark I live in Reykjavík and I can assure you that you don't need to speak any Icelandic whatsoever, all Icelanders speak good English, most speak it flawlessly! Understanding how to read and pronounce Icelandic can be very useful for describing where you have been, where you are going and who you have met, for this you need to understand the extra letters in their alphabet and how they are pronounced :)
It doesn't look that hard to actually learn the language. Words and sense looks pretty 1:1 with English or German. The tricky thing is to remember how to read letters and groups of letters.
Icelandic is so good!!!!
moiko373 7 hours ago
Eidur Godjohnsen
am87er 1 day ago
Very cool language, I thought learning English was hard.
hlvs44 1 day ago
Hej! Kan ni som är från Island förstå mig som pratar svenska?
DoctorEq 1 day ago
@DoctorEq Hej, jag kan pratar lite svenska, men jag är inte frân Island :P
jag är ifran Chile, och jag är.. moving.. till Sverige.. in some months
Svengelska power! :D
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This is so much nicer than german.
It's much less schpitty,
and they don't treat their e's like schwas.
It also retains the "th" sound that was lost in the other germanic languages,
except English.
caticadesp 1 week ago
I'm from Sweden but I understood this. It's very similar.
MrMumsbullen 2 weeks ago
@MrMumsbullen Yeah I could as well. Except for the pronounciation.
Iamawesomenorly 2 days ago
What most people don't realize, is Icelandic (even modern Icelandic), is the most similar cousin to Old English. Most people don't know that Old English, was 100% Germanic Saxon. We say they speak backwards (as in, Germanic languages) but really, modern English does lol. Today, it seems we have more in common with French, than we do with our roots. Youtube for Old English, and you should come a cross a video that is about 8:32 long, with a picture of some text, hosted by (I think) Alex.
ios254 2 weeks ago
@ios254 Isn't icelandic old norwegian? Or maybe a mix of old norwegian and old english? I think I'v heard that its inspired by old english and old norwegian. I am from Norway, from the vest part of Norway, and for me this language seems a little familiar. Much of it is the same or at least almost the same as we speak in west Norway, and some of it seems very difference too.
kk440635NORWAY 2 weeks ago
@kk440635NORWAY This is true...pretty much everything Scandinavian (including Old English), were based off of old Norse. I believe, however that modern Icelandic is what they say is the most "Similar" to Old English but this is not to say that Norse is too different from either one. I should have chose Norwegian, instead I chose to get into Danish, which is so complicated in the sense that they contract everything. When I listen to Norwegian, I get more of that old Germanic Saxon feel.
ios254 1 week ago
god , ! i wanna go to iceland ! :'( hope ill go to that beautiful country :'( any friends from iceland? add me on fb please , nazurah.nerdnurd ! :) i need friend from that country :) im from malaysia !
nerdnurdlovebb 3 weeks ago
@nerdnurdlovebb Hi. I am from Norway, I am going to Iceland this year. But when I ask my friends if they would join me they say "No, I we don't want to go to Iceland it looks boring." But I think it looks really interesting to go there, so I'm gonna go there alone. I have a very big inters of Iceland so I'm looking forward for it. Its good to know other people that share the same inters of Iceland :)
kk440635NORWAY 2 weeks ago
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@kk440635NORWAY WOW ! sounds great ! i always dream to go there .. and i hope one day i will having a best holiday in my life in iceland , and yeah , the country looks so beautiful . i know this country but i dont know how beautiful the place are , and one day , i'm listening to sigur ros songs , and im looking for the video olsen olsen , and then i realize how beautiful that place are ... anyway, enjoy your vacation ! :) i hope that is your best vacation ever!
nerdnurdlovebb 1 week ago
i'm from Iceland!
bryngerdur 3 weeks ago 5
bless bless! :D <3
consolatory 3 weeks ago 2
Awesome language.
isabelzavoranu 4 weeks ago
The prounceanition is easy, the spelling not so much...
Cupcake12KGStyr 1 month ago
Im icelantic ;)
ThePiepotato 1 month ago
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sfgdhdhd 1 month ago
this language has so many weird consonants in every word, so hard to learn
RareMusicAtAll 1 month ago
reminds me of elvish too it's so cool, all these letters and words and phrases uhhhh i wanna speak it too :(
AxCYeR 1 month ago
she makes us sound like retards haha :S
iloveiceland71 1 month ago
@kiddalingur i mean when you use google translate.
fadoodle100 1 month ago
@fadoodle100
My bad
kiddalingur 1 month ago
@kiddalingur haha its ok:)
fadoodle100 1 month ago
she is kinda sweet i think :D
lappig 1 month ago
i should have much practice and time to memorize all this!!! ;DDD it seems like feroese, same caracters!
Titaniumomeega 1 month ago
When I was 2 I moved to Iceland.I spoke fluent Icelandic until I was 4 as I moved back to England.I am now 15. This sounds stupid but do I have to relearn it or will i remember it again somehow? thanks :-)
prawncrackerrs 1 month ago
This language sounds like it's been left behind in the Middle Ages.
No bad thing though... in fact, the complete opposite!
RestorationSlam 1 month ago
@RestorationSlam Thats because it has been left behind in the Middle Ages. Icelandic is old norse. The way of writing is practically the same, (even though they wrote in runes back then) but the way of speaking is most likely very different.
ObLiViOnZThEkIllEr 1 month ago
@HungryLionCAT I speak german too and I see quite a view similarities.
FalseProphet501 1 month ago
@RoadRunnersTech no not german. german and icelandic are nothing alike the languages that are most similar to icelandic are english and Danish
sir101jonsson 1 month ago
@sir101jonsson Well, they're VERY VERY distantly related...
...but still part of the same big family.
RestorationSlam 1 month ago
@RestorationSlam look i am icelandic and there are some words in english that are very similar and in danish too but we also use alot of english slang
sir101jonsson 1 month ago
@sir101jonsson Norwegian and swedish is more close tbh.
ObLiViOnZThEkIllEr 1 month ago
how can I say Icelandic women speak sensually? XD
7ito1990 1 month ago
Our language seems to be really difficult, but don´t worry we speak many other languages:) and it is much easier to learn language when you are here:)
IcelandOnlineCom 1 month ago
it's very close to the old pronounciation of the old germanic languages, very nice. German eg had a heavier evolution and now it sounds very lifeless without all those "th"s and soft sounds...I'm jealous
Jiwpgakis 1 month ago
This video is amazing for practising the pronounciation!! :)
fhhfw 1 month ago
Wery similare ti my dialect:) i live in the western parts of norway, were the icelandic people came from:)
grisabonden777 1 month ago
Sounds like Dutch
TheArchangellover 1 month ago
:O other than me who was more o.O focusing on her than the words... shes hawt :O >.>
tho i did get the bless bless LAWL xD
AydenRDP 1 month ago
haha this is funny x)
GudrunS979 2 months ago
waw, it's cool. Btw, the language sounds like German for my ear. I know it's totally different, but what i meant is the way she speaking
Aaronmogi 2 months ago
@Aaronmogi its a northern Germanic language, so that why. Its also changed less from Old Norse than any other Germanic language
pathemamike 2 months ago
am i the only one who came here so i can sing along to jonsi's sticks n stones? :D
mrbun99 2 months ago 21
A big ol gobbledigook invited me here..
superbrandino 1 month ago
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@mrbun99 lol me too :D
nerdnurdlovebb 1 week ago
Wow, such a beautiful language!
mcbcsing 2 months ago
Hæ!
1212rocketlauncher 2 months ago
Thank you SO MUCH for making these videos! Before now I was going to Google Translate, and the do a really bad job at the recordings
PieTastyIs 2 months ago
@PieTastyIs i know the narrorator speaks too fast :P
fadoodle100 2 months ago
These videos are awesome :P Learning Icelandic pretty fast :D These videos are amazing - Þessi myndbönd eru ótrúlega. I have purchased a special keyboard :L
ProffesorFloatyHead 2 months ago
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can any of you Icelandic speakers help me with understanding these Icelandic names?
It's just a 24 sec video.
I can't post the direct link the final part is:
watch?v=FYVHkAsVwtk
ceridwen04 2 months ago
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ceridwen04 2 months ago
It's actually really similar to Norwegian :D
hannahxlovinda 2 months ago 2
Fine thanks, and you? -> You have the feet, and thou?
shitake555 2 months ago 2
so...just curiose.... When you say 'for girls' on you videos, do you mean when girls are saying it or do you mean when it is being said to a girl?
Ebonywolve1176 3 months ago
Icelandic is actually very similar to old English, look up the lords prayer in old English or find a version of Beowolf with the original text, it's really similar.
GreenFont 3 months ago
@GreenFont no
beini321 2 months ago
@FallenxInxLovexBOTDF I know you did. I just wanted to know if you could answer some questions about Iceland.
sweetcyanidetea 3 months ago
@FallenxInxLovexBOTDF So, that means you want to help me with the information or should I ask somewhere else?
sweetcyanidetea 3 months ago
@FallenxInxLovexBOTDF Fortunately the book will be written in spanish, my native language.
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blankprobe 3 months ago
kl video!!!!! omg pause at exactly 0:17
sicklegs123 3 months ago
HI, my name is Karien. I was wondering if I could ask you a few things about Iceland . Im writing a book and I dont want to say things unnapropiate or unconsistent.
Thanks for reading this.
sweetcyanidetea 3 months ago
wery similar to norwegian and swedish... :D
figarominhest 3 months ago
@figarominhest yes but i believe it is older and more traditional to the Old Norse way of speaking..right?
xSpArTiChRiSx 3 months ago
@xSpArTiChRiSx yes think so...
figarominhest 3 months ago
If I ever have the time or the urge to learn another language, I'm totally trying Icelandic. It sounds so cool... :D
arenaskiez 3 months ago
Hi could I ask for your help with a Icelandic movie? I found it in English, but no subtitles in any language. I'm making them in my language but I have a problem with some Icelandic names. It's just a few of them. If you can help me send me a message or I'll send it to you. Thank you anyway!
ceridwen04 3 months ago
i won't learn icelandic language, jaja it's impossible! i can say this cuz i'm spanish speaker not english so, to learn another NEW language gimme laziness D: but good video :)
ducavzla 3 months ago
saa likt norsk!
so similar to norwegian, easy to understand
patrivrios 3 months ago
Reminds me of elvish.
kosovecmatko1 4 months ago 60
@kosovecmatko1 Tolkiens world, was partly based on Norse language, culture, art and mythology, therefore the resemblance.
Zetarrino 2 months ago
@kosovecmatko1 elvish languages are based on icelandic :)
polarfox7 1 month ago
@polarfox7 it is aldo based on Finnish
funkyslunky 1 month ago
@kosovecmatko1 lol and im icelandic
JackReaper919 1 month ago
@Aggaluq Natalía er íslensk bara svona til að koma því til skila :)
hildurjoh 4 months ago
You get it perfect, but "Góðan daginn and góða kvöldið" is an poor icelandic (I grew upp in the northeast Iceland, where the language is more original and free from foreign influence)" The right grammatical icelandic is: "Góðan dag and gott kvöld" . Best regards, Húnbogi.
Aggaluq 4 months ago
I want to learn icelandic, but there are no teachers where I live, could somebody teach me Icelandic online. I tried online courses but they´re not so helpful.
TheNostophobiac 4 months ago
@TheNostophobiac Ég er íslenskur bara svo þú vitir það.
TheOrmsson 4 months ago
isn't hvernig gengur mean how is it going
prgterd 4 months ago
@prgterd yeah but literally means "hows stuff" Hvernig heferdu dat means how are you/ how's it goin
nallepuh6969 4 months ago
ah this stuff is so easy im so glad i can speak icelandic and english and also what is with that icelandic commenter he is say some messed up shit!
prgterd 4 months ago
skítur móðir helvíti helvítis fokking drepa ađ rass rass holu þína haha jk
CRAZYPICKLEJUICE45 4 months ago
WOW!
Wayspears 4 months ago
im icelandic lol
oliskranz 4 months ago 2
@oliskranz same here bara fyndið að hlusta á hana
1212rocketlauncher 3 months ago
mostra-me as tuas tetas puta de merda
AdrianoLima12 4 months ago
a pretty language. and the girl looks beautiful :)
Fuckdisworld93 4 months ago
this is gonna be a good while before i learn this language :/
19spain93 4 months ago
Sounds like such a pretty language, but my mouth can't make those sounds. D:
tetrisaddictinrehab 4 months ago
bless bless!
illinoya 4 months ago
eyjafjallajokull lmao
lopy78 4 months ago
closer to german more than english...that is my 1st impression.
misr67 4 months ago
@misr67 Vikings
lopy78 4 months ago
The second "Hello" was fucking loud! LOL
BillHicks420 4 months ago
Hi - hi
Lol'd
JorisKanters 4 months ago
it's not pronounced as it is read? this is so confusing :(
MEGABOREDME 4 months ago
i speak dutch.. pronouciation is pretty much te same.
jangotheman 5 months ago
Miss, þú ert mjög góður í pronunciations og þýðingar. I am a polyglot and Islenska presents challenges to me. Má ég hafa samband við þig, persónulega? Má ég hef netfangið þitt? Þetta er netfangið mitt: anther77@cox.net. Ég heiti Anthony. Vinsamlega? Þakka þú mjög mikill.
hsingi7777 5 months ago
Quarter of a million views.. Respect. pretty face, pretty language
ig00g1e 5 months ago
why the fuck are so many indo-european languages (like icelandic) so obsessed with not being pronounced as they're written? >.<
goldenchocolate 5 months ago
@goldenchocolate spanish is read as it's written, not easy to learn though
alejo19948 5 months ago
@alejo19948 tbh spanish is easy to learn...but that's maybe cuz I already speak french as a mother tongue, and french (like spanish) is a romance language
but yeah i know there are some indo-european languages that are pronounced as they are read, like spanish, italian, german, croatian, slovene, and there are lots of other indo-european languages that I know nothing about that may be pronounced as they are read (armenian, lithuanian, persian, etc.)...but still, there are many like icelandic
goldenchocolate 5 months ago
@goldenchocolate I thought german was not read as it's written in all the words, spanish is easy to me because it's my mother tongue, but for me french sounds like really hard to learn, it's a beautiful language anyway.
alejo19948 5 months ago
@alejo19948 well, german is mostly read as it's written, but you're right; it's still not perfect, mainly because of those useless double consonents...but in general germanic languages are pretty bad for pronounciation
and yea french is very hard in my opinion, especially pronounciation, and if it weren't my mother tongue I wouldn't want to learn it because of that...for example, "eau" is pronounced exactly like "o", words like "temps" are pronounced like if they were written "tan/ten", etc.
goldenchocolate 5 months ago
sounds like she says "golden daginn" i heard this 2 times before, it didn't let me comment... the rest is amazing. this time it seems the o is an 'a' sound. but it sounds like she is saying golden daginn for real. is that right? think the same?
adifferentgirl1 5 months ago
@adifferentgirl1 No, she says "gothun duyin", where" th" is pronounced as in "the", "o" as in "row", and "u" as in "cup".
legaata 5 months ago
I would gladly learn Icelandic, given the chance. D:
stfukyleee 5 months ago
Holy crap. An actual expert on expert village? I never thought I would see the day!
AesirSpell 5 months ago 42
sounds like norwegian O.o...
RANDOOMSHIT 5 months ago
She speka very good icelandic! I'm suprised!! My teacher hace now lived in Iceland for 5 or 6 yers and she speak better Icelandc than he does! :Ð
HarryPotterFan997 5 months ago
I'm Norwegian, Icelandic seems very similar to a dialect in western Norway called ''Sognamaol''
ImIwilliamImI 5 months ago
HI HAEI... HI HA EI... HI HAEI
zoero 5 months ago
my God, the grammar is really a pain in the ass
danilokun 5 months ago
easy to say those words... now to remind them is a pain...
Clavsicus 5 months ago
is ð a voiced 'th' sound and the þ an unvoiced 'th' sound?
TheLastSliceOfPie 6 months ago
@TheLastSliceOfPie Often it's this way, but not always. Consider the s in the English word "dogs". It's voiced, right? Tricky stuff.
DallasisaLeo 5 months ago
@DallasisaLeo true. I just assumed that maybe Icelandic might be more phonetically consistent because.. well, English is outrageous.
TheLastSliceOfPie 5 months ago
@TheLastSliceOfPie Most Germanic languages have little distinction with voiced and voiceless fricatives and plosives, especially at the end of words. I believe most Scandinavian and Slavic languages are like this too.
DallasisaLeo 5 months ago
@DallasisaLeo True. Kind of like how in english we say "stop" but what it really sounds like is "sdop"
TheLastSliceOfPie 5 months ago
@TheLastSliceOfPie Actually, you're saying "stop" and not "sdop". You have it just a bit backwards. A close example would be the word "kissed". You say "kist" even though, logically, you should say "kisd". Of course, "kisd" is more difficult to pronounce because you must activate your vocal cords mid-articulation, and the language evolved such that it sounds like "kist". The basis for language evolution (for the most part) tends to be that humans say what's quickest and easiest.
DallasisaLeo 5 months ago
@DallasisaLeo sorry i speak norwegian and there is definitely a distinction between voiced and voiceless fricatives and plosives, even at the end of words...and swedish is the same way.
heterodoxphilomath 5 months ago
@heterodoxphilomath I think you either misunderstood my comment or I wasn't clear enough. There is a process in linguistics called assimilation, by which sounds tend to merge with the sounds surrounding them in order to make pronunciation easier. In German, "halb" (half) is pronounced like "halp", in English "dogs" is pronounced like "dogz" because the g is voiced, so too is the S. I don't mean to say that there is NEVER a distinction, but that sometimes spelling doesn't exactly reflect (1/2)
DallasisaLeo 5 months ago
@DallasisaLeo
nope - i understood. i have two native languages: english and norewgian. so my english is pretty good. my master's degree = linguistics. know all about assimilation. doesn't work the same in norwegian - svinge (to swing) is really pronounced (s-v-i-ng-e). jobb (job) is pronounced almost like in english - voiced stop clearly voiced. your german example really is a case of devoicing and the rule in german is that in final position, voiced stops (b,d,g) become unvoiced (p,t,k)
heterodoxphilomath 5 months ago
@heterodoxphilomath I'm afraid the g "svinge" is a poor example, since the g has no reason to assimilate. HOWEVER, you've given me a great example. It is VERY difficult to pronounce [svinge] (improv IPA, don't get mad about my substandard letter usage), and most, if not all Norwegians, will say [sfinge]. I guarantee it, and if you don't agree with me, record yourself saying [svinge] and [sfinge].
DallasisaLeo 5 months ago
@DallasisaLeo
the nasal stop (ng) was not the focus of the example, it was the sv in words like svinge, svane (swan) and sverige (sweden). the v is definitely voiced while the s is definitely unvoiced. it's not difficult for a native speaker of norwegian to pronounce it, but you, being a native speaker of english, would have trouble and would want to assimilate one sound to another, especially since in english there is lots of assimilation going on and you are used to sounds assimilating ...
heterodoxphilomath 5 months ago
@heterodoxphilomath Let's say that you're correct, and that no Norwegian, no matter how fast they're talking, ever says [sfinge]. Even then, what have you proven? I'm afraid nothing. I never claimed that every language had the same rules for assimilation. I was just presenting an example. But so you know, if assimilation didn't occur, Norwegian would be EXACTLY the same as Old Norse. Assimilation is the driving force behind language evolution and you should know that better than most.
DallasisaLeo 5 months ago
@heterodoxphilomath Also, my experience with Swedish and Norwegian is limited, but I'm pretty sure know that assimilation occurs in all languages whether you want to admit it or not.
Examples of pronunciation differing from spelling:
kj = [ɕ] (not [kʲ] or [kj] )
rn = [ɳ] (not [rn] )
sj = [ʃ] (not [sʲ] or [sj] )
Nearly anywhere a spelling goes against logic, that's the result of assimilation.
Or how about the fact that G in the Norwegian alphabet can be [g] or [j] depending on context?
DallasisaLeo 5 months ago
j@DallasisaLeo G can only be J or a Y-sound of it's spelled GJ. GJØRE, GJEST and so on.
smaakaker 5 months ago
@heterodoxphilomath (2/2) pronunciation. I'm sure there are examples of this occurring in Norwegian and Swedish because, to the best of my knowledge, it occurs in most languages with an alphabet. A study on Norwegian Phonology would be beneficial here, but I can't be arsed to do the research. I can practically guarantee, however, that you can find it in Norwegian.
DallasisaLeo 5 months ago
hmm na im good with just knowing english
lovesjuicycouture 6 months ago
it sounds nice as a language :)
erinviviane 6 months ago
The correct phrase is "góðan dag" ... not "góðan daginn".
She even says "góða nótt" but not "góða nóttina" which would be consistent.
bjornlevi 6 months ago
@bjornlevi mikið rétt
JohannHG 6 months ago
Úbbs: *Sé þig seinna (ca. 1:37).
martinjbswift 6 months ago
this chick is pretty hot
daiIygrace 6 months ago 43
got one down: "bless bless"
LOL.
buzzingbee247 6 months ago
take ur shirt off
mbrennan27 6 months ago
hahahahaha nobody anderstand this but i anderstand
sveppi111 6 months ago
@sveppi111 anderstand?
PatrikLarssonRang 6 months ago
@sveppi111 learn to spell
highmountain646 6 months ago
you lost me at goda daginn...
big0tone 6 months ago
it would be nice if you could say it slower. icelandic is tough!
ellexfashion 6 months ago
@Shelleypoet94 Iceland was populated by Noremen and Gaelic women so there probably is a great deal of Gaelic influence on the language, not just from Wales but also Ireland and Scotland.
Miami799 6 months ago
Hey. In the friendliest way possible, so please do not take offense; but doesn't the ae in Icelandic make more of a (ow) sound?
SonofTheNorthStorm 6 months ago
@SonofTheNorthStorm Hey, the ae combo is pronounced as ''ai'' There is this really good video in youtube, this is called Islandic: The Alphabet. Check it out, it helps a lot! :)
AnniliWho 6 months ago 2
@SonofTheNorthStorm no it makes a "i" sound
birnirmos 6 months ago
No way!!
I'll have a better chance going to Chinese!!
COPAMUND99 6 months ago
@COPAMUND99 Chinese is very simple, but you'd have just one great problem: every single word is quite different from whatever you've already heard. Icelandic could be easier to learn for those who already know English and/or German (or other northern languages).
guerratomirko 6 months ago
bless bless!
UPIGUMPEN 6 months ago
And if my R is kinda moosha-moosh? Y'know... TTTTTTTTTT instead of RRRRRRRRR...
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Deusrexmachina 6 months ago
@Deusrexmachina Danish influence.
greenpeacemyass 6 months ago
@greenpeacemyass
P-pardon me?
Deusrexmachina 6 months ago
@Deusrexmachina Sorry, I must've misunderstood your comment. Forget it.
greenpeacemyass 6 months ago
@greenpeacemyass Ah, ok, happens. :)
Deusrexmachina 6 months ago
this is really hard for spanish speakers
gdgdgd01 6 months ago
@NorgexDanmark I live in Reykjavík and I can assure you that you don't need to speak any Icelandic whatsoever, all Icelanders speak good English, most speak it flawlessly! Understanding how to read and pronounce Icelandic can be very useful for describing where you have been, where you are going and who you have met, for this you need to understand the extra letters in their alphabet and how they are pronounced :)
Ianmundo 6 months ago
Oh my god this sounds sooo good <3
JuliaMoonburn 6 months ago
It doesn't look that hard to actually learn the language. Words and sense looks pretty 1:1 with English or German. The tricky thing is to remember how to read letters and groups of letters.
StevXtreme 7 months ago
o.o this is quite difficult...but it sounds really nice c:
sasuXlover 7 months ago
im just watching this for bjork that all
TheDownhunteRlitghT 7 months ago
A lot of "R"'s..
TheSexybeastish 7 months ago
Ohh.. Icelandic is so difficult but it's definitely my favorite language!! :D
aiina93 7 months ago
Wish I was Icelandic. I do have Scandinavian heritage, though. Iceland is awesome!
Kotetsu293 7 months ago
youre icelandic is very very good ! im icelandic :P
44mariaros 7 months ago
geez... I don't understand why it seems that pronunciation is hard
freekazoid8489 7 months ago
omg....that language is so hard i cant learn it...russian are much easier....jesus..!!
tsopaki 7 months ago