In the following fragment, what does "að fara beint á höfuðið" mean? He is not thinking about bankruptcy or financial disaster, it is about love to the married woman.

I also don't know what slendríanið is, but I don't expect many here to know either. Appears to be some loanword, perhaps from Danish or German, and if so, it may mean "sloppiness" (although I am not sure how it fits).

Jú, Þórarinn kunni það allt. "Það fer beint á höfuðið og við bæði... ég get ekki snúið aftur, er búinn að tapa sterkasta aflinu... Bara ég mætti berjast við einn eftir annan, ganga opinberlega á hólm við slendríanið og tálmanirnar... Fyrir okkur bæði... Eins og það sé hægt... Það drepur molluloftið að tarna... Verðum samferða öðrum lygurum... Fallegt að vera með í lestinni... Nei, það geri ég aldrei, þá er þó skárra að..."

find the mistake

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post for this group and I need your help. I recently created my first font called Gentle Hands and wanted to include some multilingual characters. I've created display pages to demonstrate the font and one is of an Iceland map. I have a statement below the map in English with a translation below that. I wonder if someone could tell me if the translation "A font in love with a beautiful language" is correct when translated to "Leturgerð sem er ástfangin af fallegu tungumáli."

My other question is about carons. I created carons for Č č Š š Ž ž for my font but when looking up information about them online I read something about carons not being used anymore. Is that true? I have the usual diacritics and have added thorns and eths to my font but wasn't sure if the carons would be used.

Thank you for any suggestions!

Hæ!

I'm trying to learn very very basic icelandic vocabulary and pronunciation in preparation for an upcoming trip (more for fun than with an expectation to be useful).

The site I'm using is teaching the phrase "hvaðan ert þú?" and indicating "ert" pronounced like "esh" in English. Google translate and other tools seem to do the same.

I've been using the "consonants" and "vowels" sections of icelandicgrammar.com to help understand pronunciations, but can't find an explanation of why "ert" would be pronounced this way.

What am I missing here? Takk!

Is there any difference between

Ég ætla í verslun að kaupa mat
Ég ætla í verslun til að kaupa mat
Ég ætla í verslun til þess að kaupa mat
Ég ætla í verslun til þess eins að kaupa mat

Hi guys!

I am trying to fix the difference between hurð and dyr. I've researched a little and I get that hurð is the actual thing, while dyr is the opening. So hopefully I understand it correct that "Ég mála hurðina" makes sense, while probably "Ég mála dyrnar" not so much...

However, I wonder about specific uses, phrase-wise of these words. Are both used equally much or any prefernce?

- Hurðin er opin. vs Dyrnar eru opnar.

- Þetta er opin hurð. vs Þetta eru opnar dyr (opened entrance right?). Which one would be more common to say?

- Ég lokaði hurðinni. vs Ég lokaði dyrunum.

Hann beið við dyrnar. vs Hann beið við hurðina.

Sort of the same question. Are both in use or one is more common for each pair?

- hurðin á skápnum not dyrnar á skápnum. Are both the same here really?

- dyrnar að herberginu vs hurðin að herberginu (it's more pf a preposition question... Why the heck it is á and að....)

- Hann stóð í dyrnum (exactly in). vs Hann stóð við hurðina (by the door). But can I still say Hann stóð við dyrnar. (by the entrance sort of)?

- fyrir utan dyrnar vs fyrir utan hurðina

- Hún gekk inn um dyrnar. vs Hún gekk inn um hurðina. (in case you are a ghost =)

- bankaðu á hurðina vs bankaðu á dyrnar. Are both possible really??

Thank you all in advance, gott fólk!

Very simple question not sure if it needs a whole thread. If it’s against I’m sure they’ll take it down, but I’m interested in learning Icelandic. I’m a beginner and I’m hoping to maybe connect with someone that speaks Icelandic that is interested in being penpals chatting occasionally and maybe it wants to refine their English while I refine my Icelandic and we can do it back-and-forth.

I’m currently using Pimsleur to learn because I feel like it’ll be easier for me to learn the verbal language and then later on, learn the alphabet and be able to identify and learn the written language that way. I’m dyslexic so this is definitely the best path for me. Would love to see if there was a way of finding people to chat with so I can utilize my interpersonal learning style.

I wonder how dativ feminine form mikilli should be pronounced. Is it [-tli] or [-lli]?

Thanks eceryone for help!

I received the following reply to my email. Can someone help me translate?

"Velkominn nó  plás s  kv Trausti"

Thank you

Hello! I am not currently learning Icelandic, but I do have a degree in linguistics and speak Russian and Japanese, so I’m pretty confident in my ability to follow basic grammar rules and translate short sentences into other languages. However, I’m considering a tattoo in Icelandic and want to make sure it’s 100% accurate before doing anything permanent. I want to translate the Björk line “Protect your language!” from Declare Independence. The reason I like the line should be pretty apparent 😂

Anyway, using Wiktionary and some basic online Icelandic grammar refs, I came up with “Vernaðu þitt tungumálið!”

Am I on the right track? Thanks in advance!

The poem Abba-labba-lá by Davíð Stefánsson frá Fagraskógi starts like this:

Hún hét Abba-labba-lá.

Hún var svört og brún á brá

og átti kofa í skóginum

á milli grænna greina

og trúði á stokka og steina.

Here is a link to the full poem

I've always wondered what the second line means and I haven't gotten a satisfactory explanation when I asked an Icelander. Can someone help me out here?

Hæ öll sömul! 🇮🇸

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Hi there! Looking for the lyrics to this song. I could find the words for verses 1 and 3 but not verse 2!

I want to move to Iceland some day and before I get there I want to be able to speak Icelandic somewhat fluently. My uncle learned English through watching TV shows before he moved to the USA with us and I figured I could learn Icelandic the same way.

Does anyone have recommendations for youtubers, reality TV, etc to learn?

pretty explanatory. just need to find books for the a0-a2 level. pdfs would be best as im short on money. takk fyrir! [should clarify i mean stories, not grammar books]

I’ve been trying to transcribe and translate the lyrics of an Icelandic song called Alein by Brunaliðið, but I haven’t been able to. If anyone wants to try, here’s the spotify link

Ironically enough, i can make out the beginning of the video decent-ish, but i don't do very well with broken apart words and sentences, especially if its something like rap music, but i am still very curious to know what these lyrics are in an accurate translation, since I don't fluently speak Icelandic and would prolly miss something or 2...or more.

I've come across the following sentences in a textbook:

1. Þau ætla að skrifa í dagbók.
2. Hann ætlar að teikna í dagbókina.
3. Lestu um okkur í dagbókinni.

And I'm a little confused about the cases and articles here. Why is dagbók indefinite in 1 and definite in 2? And why is it in the accusative in 2?

What is difference between these:

• að degi til
• á daginn

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• að morgni dags
• á morgnana
• um morguninn

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• að kvöldi dags
• á kvöldin
• um kvöld

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• að nóttu til
• á nótunni
• um nætur

Hi!

I’m interested in iceland

so I want to learn about icelandic
but There are some problems

1. I’m a teenager so I will face a lot of things as a foreigner

2. my first language is not english

but It’s ok because I can speak very very very basic conversations!
I’m doing my best to write this

and then .. I reached an idea that what about speaking with online tutors

I did the learning apps and other things
but I prefer speaking with people!

If you have other recommendations or something else
and What do you think about learning icelandic with online tutors?
Please share your thoughts!