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  • Alan314159
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    • Nov 2007
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    #16
    Re: Icelandic in America

    Originally posted by angelbaby21
    Ive been studying the language but by no means could I carry on a conversation
    ร‰g er lรญka aรฐ lรฆra, en รฉg tala ekki mjรถg gรณรฐa รญslensku. :(
    I've been watching some episodes of LT in Icelandic, and so far I've picked up all the useful phrases like "Someone's in trouble!", "This is wonderful weather for flying", and the word for knitting...

    Originally posted by angelbaby21
    I can count up to 10 or tiu i believe. I can say hello good day. nai or no. Im not sure if I even typed it correctly
    It's "tรญu" and "nei". I have a piece of paper in front of me, whenever I'm at the computer, with all the Alt codes for the Icelandic characters. Very useful, saves learning a new keyboard layout although I do occasionally switch that over to IS. It then takes me about 5 minutes to find where the heck it's moved the "?" to, lol
    รญ is Alt+0237.

    There's supposed to be a new Icelandic textbook coming out in the next couple of days, I've ordered it on Amazon so will see if it's as good as the others.
    Yarr harr fiddle-de-de, being a is all right with me! Do what you want 'cause a lives free, you are a !

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    • angelbaby21
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      • Oct 2007
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      #17
      Re: Icelandic in America

      รพessi var mjรถg gรณรฐur รถrugglega. ร‰G dont skilja the orรฐ tala รพรณ. fallegur tungumรกl รถrugglega ร‰G von til brรกรฐum heimsรณkn รsland.

      that was very good indeed. I dont understand the word tala though. beautiful language indeed I hope to soon visit Iceland.:) ;)

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      • Alan314159
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        #18
        Re: Icelandic in America

        Originally posted by angelbaby21
        รพessi var mjรถg gรณรฐur รถrugglega. ร‰G dont skilja the orรฐ tala รพรณ. fallegur tungumรกl รถrugglega ร‰G von til brรกรฐum heimsรณkn รsland.

        that was very good indeed. I dont understand the word tala though. beautiful language indeed I hope to soon visit Iceland.:) ;)
        If you're talking about Iceland but it's not the subject of the sentence, it will be "รslandi" rather than "รsland". Also, I think gรณรฐur shouldn't be masculine in that case, but I could well be mistaken.

        "Tungumรกl" is neutral so to describe it you use "falleg". Falleg is one of my favourite words so far; in the Icelandic dub of "Sportacus Who?", the English line "That's not very nice!" (after Robbie's just called Sportacus 'The Blue Elf') becomes "รžaรฐ er ekki mjรถg falleg!". I find the way Magnรบs says it quite amusing. :)

        The verb "aยญรฐ tala" means to talk/speak:
        รฉg tala - I speak
        รพรบ talar - you (sing) speak
        hann/hรบn/รพaรฐ talar - he/she/it speaks
        viรฐ tรถlum - we speak
        รพiรฐ taliรฐ - you (pl) speak
        รพeir/รพรฆr/รพau tala - they (m/f/n) speak

        To the best of my ability, "I don't understand the word 'tala' " would be translated as "ร‰g skil ekki orรฐiรฐ 'tala' ", but I could well have made a mistake there somewhere. Probably in the definite article of orรฐ, but I can only ever remember them in the nominative case!
        Yarr harr fiddle-de-de, being a is all right with me! Do what you want 'cause a lives free, you are a !

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        • angelbaby21
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          • Oct 2007
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          #19
          Re: Icelandic in America

          So i speak with irrational numbers ye supposed. Tala is masculine and talar is feminine. So I figured that out. These terms are added to the word for gender purposes I beieve. sheesh. You guys are just so damn brilliant how about some more insulting riddles. I mean its only the most complicated language in the world. Anyway, thanks for the inspiration.
          P.S. ร‰G enn รกst รพรบ F$CKERS
          BLESS BLESS


          ;) Guรฐ Blessa รsland
          orรฐ= word orรฐiรฐ-wordith Just a wild guess ;)
          ps. if you dont return my words tala I wont be to upset :fap:

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          • Alan314159
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            • Nov 2007
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            #20
            Re: Icelandic in America

            I'm not quite sure what you meant there. "aรฐ tala" is a verb and therefore cannot be masculine or feminine. You use "tala" for both first person singular and third person plural (I and they) and "talar" for third (?) person singular (he, she, it).

            "Orรฐiรฐ" means "the word" (I think; someone please let me know if that's wrong!). Icelandic doesn't use the definite article in quite the same way as English - instead of saying "the _____", they add a suffix onto the word, which depends on number (singular or plural), grammatical gender and case.

            As for the insulting riddles, you've lost me... :?
            Yarr harr fiddle-de-de, being a is all right with me! Do what you want 'cause a lives free, you are a !

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            • angelbaby21
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              #21
              Re: Icelandic in America

              Im sorry Alan I really overeacted [puts foot in mouth] please forgive me ;)

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              • Sportzilla
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                #22
                Re: Icelandic in America

                I would love to learn Icelandic. It's a beautiful language. If anyone can recommend a book/cd/etc. I'd be grateful.

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                • boredjedi
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                  #23
                  Re: Icelandic in America

                  Are you kidding you'll be lucky if most Americans learn English :)
                  http://eighteenlightyearsago.ytmnd.com/

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                  • Mr_Gazpacho
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                    #24
                    Re: Icelandic in America

                    The only thing I'd ever recommend in language learning is the Rosetta Stone, and they haven't got a solution for Icelandic yet. :(
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                    • Sportzilla
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                      #25
                      Re: Icelandic in America

                      Originally posted by boredjedi
                      Are you kidding you'll be lucky if most Americans learn English :)
                      Haha you're probably right, but I have a dream dang it. To be a polyglot (or at least a cunning linguist).

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                      • Lazycus
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                        • Nov 2007
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                        #26
                        Re: Icelandic in America

                        Originally posted by Sportzilla
                        Haha you're probably right, but I have a dream dang it. To be a polyglot (or at least a cunnilinguist).
                        Funny, same thing has been said about Miss Mauriello.
                        Ceterum censeo puellam roseam fraudulentam esse exstirpandam

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                        • Alan314159
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                          #27
                          Re: Icelandic in America

                          Originally posted by Sportzilla
                          If anyone can recommend a book/cd/etc. I'd be grateful.
                          I have, amongst others, Teach Yourself Icelandic and Colloquial Icelandic, which I find quite useful and easy to read. They're aimed at the beginner level and both are available with accompanying CDs.

                          Dictionary-wise, I have the pocket one by Arnold Taylor, as anything bigger costs a bomb. It's not exhaustive, obviously, but it has most things.

                          I also have Learning Icelandic (I've only recently bought it so haven't really had a chance to use it yet, don't know how good it is). Again it comes with a CD, and the book itself has lots of fill-in-the-blanks bits between dialogue and other text. It has a glossary and a grammar section, although I've only thumbed through it so I can't really give a critique.

                          At the same time, I bought Icelandic: Grammar, texts and glossary by Stefรกn Einarsson. Read a few bits of that, it seems easy enough to follow but it's quite an old book (mine's a relatively new edition but I don't think the content's been updated since it was originally published in the forties). As such, it's got all the old Icelandic spellings from before they did their reform of the language (z -> s for example).
                          Additionally, my copy smells vaguely of Marmite, but I suspect that might be more to do with the habits of the previous owner than an attribute of the book itself.

                          I have the books to hand, if you want to know anything more detailed about any of them.
                          Yarr harr fiddle-de-de, being a is all right with me! Do what you want 'cause a lives free, you are a !

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                          • xjocundxlilacx
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                            #28
                            Re: Icelandic in America

                            I'd learn more of the language, but there are no phrasebooks ANYWHERE in my town. I've picked up a bit from the Wikibooks Icelandic book, as well as Latibaer, but all i really know is takk fyrir.

                            I DO wanna learn Icelandic though I actually want to LIVE in Iceland someday
                            IM TRYING TO CHANGE. ANYONE CAN CHANGE IN A DAY. IM DOING MY BEST. REALLY SO DONT GET MAD. IM TRYING TO CHANGE.

                            I'm the most vanted man in America! I cannot exactly browse the racks of JC Penneys!

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                            • LazyTownWW
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                              #29
                              Re: Icelandic in America

                              Originally posted by xjocundxlilacx
                              I DO wanna learn Icelandic though I actually want to LIVE in Iceland someday
                              Finally, someone with common sense...Iceland rocks! I forgot:
                              WELCOME!
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                              • Alan314159
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                                #30
                                Re: Icelandic in America

                                Originally posted by xjocundxlilacx
                                I'd learn more of the language, but there are no phrasebooks ANYWHERE in my town. I've picked up a bit from the Wikibooks Icelandic book, as well as Latibaer, but all i really know is takk fyrir.
                                Do you have any films on DVD that contain Icelandic subtitles? Quite a few do, as I should imagine that virtually no English-language film ever gets a separate release in Iceland. Combined with a dictionary it's not a bad resource to use.
                                It won't be that much use in teaching you grammar, of course, but it's useful for picking up the odd phrase or two.

                                For example, my copy of Die Hard has Icelandic subtitles. This might be a bad example though - most of Bruce Willis' dialogue would probably get me punched in the face if I used it in conversation with an Icelander...
                                Yarr harr fiddle-de-de, being a is all right with me! Do what you want 'cause a lives free, you are a !

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