I highly recommend learning Icelandic 2gether with Old Norse and Dutch and Norwegian etc, as they are the prettiest languages ever that are as pretty / refined / poetic as English, so they are way too pretty not to know! Iceland is one of my dream countries, despite the cold weather and the long dark winters - but all should learn Icelandic and Norse and Faroese etc, even those that aren’t moving to Iceland, as the Norse languages are really unique and special languages and they are super fun to learn / speak / hear / see etc! However, big superiority and purity terms like Lady / Princess / Queen / Goddess / Star etc only reflect me the pure / superior being aka The Leader, and cannot be misused by ppl in any way, and all wøm’n / ppl etc are the exact opposite of big / superiority / purity terms etc - only simple terms can be used by others, which do not include any unsuitable terms / letter combinations / names etc!
I agree with the people that say "low stress" for what they like about Iceland. It's such a pleasant place. People are mostly friendly, and it isn't very busy or hectic. I would love to live there, but I think the isolation might get to me if I couldn't afford to travel.
I had to laugh about Greek stress, this is simple Mediterranean mentality, although I believe there is stress because of the dire economic circumstances
I can feel in how slow and serene people are how a cold and dark Arctic winter influences people. Coming from France and living in Denmark, I already feel it a little bit here, that everyone and everything slows down, emotions grow dim, but it’s nothing like Iceland. I do miss the restlessness of the Mediterranean life that you get in Marseille, though.
Iceland is definitely one of my dream countries to live in, same as the Netherlands and Norway etc, despite the cold weather and dark winters, because there’s beautiful nature everywhere and the streets are very clean, and the Icelandic language is so heavenly and magical, plus it’s one of the safest and most peaceful and most organized countries - I am actually learning Icelandic + Norse, being upper intermediate level at the moment, as I must have learnt over 5.000 Icelandic words so far over the past three to six months, and also learning Dutch and Norwegian and the other Germanic languages and the 6 modern Celtic languages like Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic and French / Italian / Portuguese and Estonian and many other target languages, as these languages are so pretty, with Icelandic / Norse / Faroese / Dutch / Gothic / Norwegian / Danish being the prettiest ever, as pretty and refined and poetic as English, so they are real fun to learn, and luckily there is always a way to get them learnt, despite the limited resources, so I memorize as many lyrics as possible and I also use G translate for Icelandic because lucky Icelandic is on G translate, and I watch every video that I can find that is teaching them, plus I always watch every video with Icelandic subs, so I am also learning lots of new words passively!
BTW, if one is learning Icelandic, here are some of the most important sounds + pronunciation rules in Icelandic, as Icelandic has one of the easiest / prettiest / coolest pronunciations ever, having a category 1 pronunciation with super cool modern sounds! - the eth letter ð is an approximant of the letter D (a less obvious D similar to the D in the Spanish word nada and like the TH in the English words this and that) and the thorn letter þ is an approximant of T (a less obvious T that’s sort of lisped, and it is the same sound as the TH in the English words think and thing, though it sounds closer to a normal T sound in Icelandic) More pronunciation rules and sounds in Icelandic... - the HV is pronounced KV - the NN is pronounced as a TN if it comes after Æ and after EI / EY and after a long vowel such as Á / É / Í / Ó / Ú (but it is a normal N sound if it comes after the short vowels A / E / I / O / U and in inn word combinations, and I recommend adding a very soft breathy H sound to the ‘inn’ word ending in masculine words to make it a bit different from the word ending ‘in’ which is the feminine word ending, like I do, as I pronounce the inn more like ihn in masculine nouns and masculine adjectives that have the inn word ending, which represents the definite article in nouns, tho there are also three articles that aren’t added to the noun, namely hinn and hin and hið, so, one can say hinn stormur or stormurinn and hinn storm or storminn as both mean the storm in nominative and accusative) - the LL is usually pronounced TL in most words and if the LL is at the end of the word it sounds more like a weak T sound - the RN is pronounced with an extra soft ‘nasal’ T sound between the R and the N (so a word like þarna sounds like thartna) - the FL / FN letter combinations are pronounced PL / PN (so F becomes a P sound if it’s before an L or an N) - the G is ultra soft in short words like ég and mig etc, so it is pronounced more like an H sound (so ég sounds like yeh) and the G in the middle of the words is kinda soft (in words like segja / saga / segir etc it is a soft G that is still a G sound and not an H) and the Gs and GGs can also sound like Ks in many of the words if they are at the end of the word or even in the middle of the word and sometimes even at the beginning of the word (same as in Old Norse) tho Gs are usually pronounced like a normal G sound if they are at the beginning of the word (except for a few words) - the KK / TT etc is pronounced more like HK / HT as a soft breathy H sound is included before the K / T sound when there is a double consonant and even when there are two different consonants (for example, ekki sounds like ehki and óútreiknanlegt sounds like outreihnanleht etc) - the letter F is usually pronounced like a V if it’s in the middle of the word or at the end of the word (so leyfa sounds like leyva) and it is pronounced like a normal F sound if it’s at the beginning of the word or very close to the beginning of the word (for example, if a words starts with af, the af is pronounced af, not av) The diphthongs and umlauts and vowels in Icelandic... - AU is pronounced EOI (normal e sound + normal o sound + normal i sound said 2gether fast in one sound) - EI / EY are pronounced EI / EY (same as they are spellt) - the Æ / æ is usually pronounced ai in most Icelandic words (but hvenær seems to be pronounced kvenar and not really kvenair, so it depends on the word) - Ö is an EO sound (normal e sound + normal o sound said 2gether in one sound, like the œ in the French word cœur) - Ó is usually pronounced OU - O is usually pronounced UO and sometimes as an O sound (depending on the word) - Ú is a normal u sound - U is a more rounded YU sound (like the u in the French word mur and it is also the same sound as the Ü in Hungarian and German and the same sound as the UU in Dutch in words like muur and duur) tho in some words it is pronounced like a normal U sound (especially at the beginning of the word in words like ungur, and when there are multiple Us in the same word it’s usually the last U that is pronounced like YU and most other Us are pronounced like a normal U sound in that kind of words) - Á is an AU sound in almost every word (there are only a few exceptions) - A is a normal a sound and the A before NG / NK is pronounced like an AU sound just like the Á (so að ganga sounds like ath gaunga and it means to walk) - É is an YE sound (normal i sound + normal e sound) - E is a normal e sound (full e sound) - Í / Ý is a normal i sound - I / Y is a half i sound (this sound is very similar to how the i is pronounced in most English words like fit and chips and this, so it’s sort of like a weak i that goes more towards an e sound, but it isn’t a full e sound, and it isn’t a full i sound either, so it’s right between an i sound and an e sound)
@@tomtom8786 Copenhagen is noticeably colder and darker than Paris in Winter. The coldest and darkest you get in Paris, you already get it mid-November in Copenhagen. Therefore in Copenhagen during Winter people go out less, life is much cosier and happening inside homes than in Paris. The most serene time in Paris is not during Winter but in August when everybody’s in holidays and businesses are closed.
@@FrozenMermaid666 Í/Ý is more like 'ee' in English. Free, or ea as in leave. I'm not sure what you mean by normal i sound, but the word 'I' sounds kind of like Æ. And I think EI/EY is not as people that haven't heard think. It's kind of like ei in 'neighbour' or 'weight', but not as in 'receive' or 'ceiling'. Otherwise pretty accurate
My language goal is to eventually be proficient in 4 languages. Am fluent in English, learning Russian, if my Russian progresses I'd like to start Spanish in a couple of years, and maybe French or Italian after that. At 63, one of my reasons for continuing to learn is to keep my mind sharp.
I spent a mere six days in Iceland back in October and it was easily one of the best weeks of my life. Nothing extraordinary or outrageous happened per se, but the atmosphere of the country was everything I had dreamed of since I was in high school. It's hard to believe you're on the same planet when you're there, sometimes. Icelanders are relatively laid back, and when I spoke to them in my poor Icelandic they were so often very receptive and friendly and even encouraging. The grammar is difficult, it's true, but once you start having basic conversations it really inspires you to persevere.
I really enjoy your “how many languages do you speak?” videos👍🏽😄❗️Keep up the good work 🙋🏻♂️❗️I speak Dutch 🇳🇱 (native), English 🇬🇧 and Turkish 🇹🇷 myself and I’m studying Spanish 🇪🇸 right now. Greetings from Amsterdam👋🏽
I’m upper advanced level in Dutch and upper intermediate level in Icelandic and Norse at the moment, and learning all the pretty languages - I highly recommend learning the prettiest and the most alpha languages ever Norse and Icelandic and Gothic and also Norwegian and Faroese and Welsh and Breton and Cornish, which are some of the prettiest languages ever created, as pretty as English and Dutch, that are way too pretty not to know, and, I recommend learning Spanish on the side because Spanish isn’t as pretty and as fun as the prettiest languages, so it’s better to learn it once a week maybe, while prioritizing the prettiest languages the most, as the prettiest languages ever are naturally fun and the most fun to learn and speak and hear and see etc, and, I highly recommend learning Hungarian instead of Turkish as Hungarian is the pretty version of Turkish and it has mostly pretty words, while Turkish has mostly non-pretty words and only a few pretty words, and, I highly recommend learning the prettiest languages 2gether at the same time, as it’s the most efficient way to learn languages that’s also the most fun, and it can save many years, because it’s going to take at least a few years to learn one new language or multiple new languages to a native speaker level, so learning only one language at a time isn’t efficient!
Nah, what jé typed is what’s absurd and db lol, whereas what I say’s just the truth - the facts that all should know before deciding to learn new languages!
Clearly jë know nada about languages, while I know everything about languages and am learning many languages myself, having over fifty target languages and learning 25+ languages at the moment, so I have seen thousands of languages so far and have probably seen at least one language from every or almost every language family, thus I know exactly what types of languages there are out there, and I know which languages are the pretty ones with pretty words and sounds and which are the prettiest languages ever that are the most fun to learn and speak and hear and see, these being the languages that truly deserve the attention from learners - the prettiest languages ever are Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic / Faroese / Danish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Forn Svenska, and Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic and Hungarian and Slovene and Latvian are also real pretty, and Galician / Latin / Occitan / Portuguese / Gallo are the prettiest Latin languages, so they are all great options and can be learnt 2gether!
This place gives me peace. The language is so beautiful, weather, architecture, people...I suffer with anxiety and despite of not being a cold lover, this cloudy/gloomy weather makes my thoughts rest.🕊️🙏
If it can impede understanding and communication, then it is not “wonderful”. Shaming is certainly wrong, but also don’t discourage anyone from wanting to improve their communication skills.
Really fascinating episode. Maybe I'm reading too deep into it but maybe the artistic drive is some kind of survival mechanism people gravitate towards in a slow calm environment to find some kind of purpose, I can imagine myself feeling a bit aimless in that context without art.
I've been wearing a nylon watch band in Icelandic colors for almost 8 years now as a reminder that i need to visit this beautiful place one day. And this video full of amazing people (and other glorious animals) made me want to go there even more now. Also that snippet of Martin's music was really good. Way to go!
Two things: It's nice to see the person behind the videos, and the sponsorship is absolutely fitting, and sounds like a great resource. Given my family is moving to France later this year, the timing is apt. Thanks! Oh and an odd anecdote from my visit to Iceland when I was a child: I was walking to a video game in the hotel we were at with a coin in hand, and I generated enough of a charge that when I went to put the coin in, it jumpstarted the game! Alas, the trick was not to be repeated...
9:11 The fact that in the beginning I didn't understand that those guys were from my native country and then they said that they spoke Greek was just great! 😅 And yes, Greece IS a very stressful country! 😢Iceland seems such a beautiful country and as everyone said, their nature is just remarkable! I really want to go there someday in the future, the Icelandic language also sounds very beautiful and ''icy''!
🐢 Thanks so much for bringing your enjoyable "How many languages do you speak?" videos to us as always. You did crack me up when you encountered that beautiful cat and asked it about how many languages the animal would speak and if I were that cat, I would have said to you: "I speak the cat language, and I finally love having a friendly, nice and warm man as a good companion".
I've got to agree with the love of snow. It rarely happens where I am. We used to get lots of snow for about a week or two a year, but now if we get anything at all it's snowflakes for half an hour if that which don't settle anywhere, or a covering of "slush" if we're particularly lucky. I wish we got the old snow week again.
I thought the estonian guy was a local icelandic. He looks so scandinavian! And estonian language sounds just angelic. Every time I hear it, I got the impression it is the best sounding language in the world.
The Estonian vikings have the oldest found burial grounds.. I just found out that there were Scottish and French land owners back in 1550-1700s. Hansaetic trade route was one of the reasons why we have the "Scandic" look.. we have more history with the people around The Baltic sea..
Yes, Switzerland (the city that’s closest to the mountains) is also another great idea, and also the Faroe Islands - Switzerland is one of my dream countries as well, just like Iceland and the Netherlands and Norway / Denmark / Sweden and the Faroe Islands and Germany and Belgium, I would definitely love to live in all these countries as they are so peaceful and have a lot of beautiful nature everywhere and they are very safe and very organized and very clean, and also very modern-looking, plus the languages are so pretty!
I am learning Icelandic + Norse, being upper intermediate level at the moment, as I must have learnt over 5.000 Icelandic words so far over the past three to six months, and also learning Dutch and Norwegian and the other Germanic languages and the 6 modern Celtic languages like Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic and French / Italian / Portuguese and Estonian and German (and the other German-based languages spoken in Switzerland and Austria etc) and many other target languages, as these languages are so pretty, with Icelandic / Norse / Faroese / Dutch / Gothic / Norwegian / Danish being the prettiest ever, as pretty and refined and poetic as English, so they are real fun to learn, and luckily there is always a way to get them learnt, despite the limited resources, so I memorize as many lyrics as possible and I also use G translate for Icelandic because lucky Icelandic is on G translate, and I watch every video that I can find that is teaching them, plus I always watch every video with Icelandic subs, so I am also learning lots of new words passively!
You do have a strong accent when you speak French but not to the point of making what you say hard to understand and I think it’s cute. You shouldn’t worry about it.
I speak two foreign languages and it is definitely helpful especially for career path. Immersive translate is a good app for those interested in learning foreign languages online
I can speak, read and write: tajik, uzbek, russian and english. I can speak persian and kazakh. I can understand 100% ukrainian, pashto, turkmen, turkish. Tried to lean mandarin while i lived in Malaysia but total fail 😅. Now learning arabic (already learned to write).
Hæ! Ég er að læra íslensku. Ég hef farið þrisvar sinnum til Íslands. Ísland er frábært! En passant, j'habite la région de Montréal et je te félicite pour tes progrès et efforts en français! 👍
"Is Icelandic hard to learn?" Any language takes time, and one is not "harder" than another. I will say though that Icelanders are surprised when they hear me speaking Icelandic. They often assume I am from Norway or Sweden.
I am proficient in English, can survive in a country that only speaks Afrikaans ( and probally get up to speed pretty quickly in the Netherlands to survive) or French, or high German (cause I was visiting in the Black Forest region and I couldnt understand the meat of most of the conversations from the locals). I can greet in Cantonese and count to 10 in the same language. I know a spattering more than that in Korean, but cant count in Korean. Know a spattering of words in Spanish, just littile moments of words sharing amongst the diverse peoples of Canada. But I have the highest respect for my mother, who lives, breaths, and dreams fluently in Afrikaans and English. I'm always in aw of her mastery of both languages.
wow 20 hours ago your videos calm my mind and they are useful because i am learning English and of course they are soо interesting oh, and this is my first comment in English🙂
Happy New Year, yes your accent in French is quite noticeable, but everybody has an accent whether you come from Gaspé or Lac St-Jean, Montréal or Québec city! I am native of Montréal; so I speak French, English, I am familiar with Mohawk, German, Spanish and I am learning Mandarin. My wife is from Alberta but learned French in Paris, so she speaks French with a Parisian accent, she is fluent in German. Our daughter, speaks English, French with a Parisian accent, is fluent in Latin, German and is familiar with Russian. So within the same family, we have different accents; so don't worry about your accent. Enjoy Life! In Peace and Friendship, Pierre Pagé
I highly recommend learning Icelandic 2gether with Old Norse and Dutch and Norwegian etc, as they are the prettiest languages ever that are as pretty / refined / poetic as English, so they are way too pretty not to know! Iceland is one of my dream countries, despite the cold weather and the long dark winters - but all should learn Icelandic and Norse and Faroese etc, even those that aren’t moving to Iceland, as the Norse languages are really unique and special languages and they are super fun to learn / speak / hear / see etc! However, big superiority and purity terms like Lady / Princess / Queen / Goddess / Star etc and kin(d) etc only reflect me the pure / superior being aka The Leader, and cannot be misused by ppl in any way, and all wøm’n / ppl etc are the exact opposite of big / superiority / purity terms etc, and only nature etc reflects words like beautiful / nice etc - only simple terms can be used by others, which do not include any unsuitable terms / letter combinations / names etc!
I highly recommend learning Icelandic 2gether with Old Norse and Dutch and Norwegian etc, as they are the prettiest languages ever that are as pretty / refined / poetic as English, so they are way too pretty not to know! Iceland is one of my dream countries, despite the cold weather and the long dark winters - but all should learn Icelandic and Norse and Faroese etc, even those that aren’t moving to Iceland, as the Norse languages are really unique and special languages and they are super fun to learn / speak / hear / see etc! However, big superiority and purity terms like Lady / Princess / Queen / Goddess / Star etc only reflect me the pure / superior being aka The Leader, and cannot be misused by ppl in any way, and all wøm’n / ppl etc are the exact opposite of big / superiority / purity terms etc, and words like nice only reflect items / elements of nature / weather etc - only simple terms can be used by others, which do not include any unsuitable terms / letter combinations / names etc!
I am upper intermediate level in Icelandic and Norse - around 08:04 he said þetta reddast (pronounced thehta reddast with soft breathy H sound included before the T sound) which literally means ‘this saves itself’ or ‘this fixes itself’ or something like that and it means that everything will work out and that it shall get better, and the verb að reddast is cognate with the Dutch verb redden which means to save, and I guess the normal verb would be að redda which would have meant to save, but in Icelandic it is used more with the meaning to fix, but the version with ST at the end (which is SK in Old Norse) indicates that the subject does the action to itself, so að reddast means to get sorted out, and I think this might be the Icelandic version of reflexive verbs, which are similar to verbs like hacerse / vestirse / darse etc in Spanish which have the SE ending, and I also noticed that the verb að geta which would normally mean to get is used with the meaning to be able to / can in Icelandic, so ég get talað Íslensku means I can speak Icelandic, even though it literally means I get talked Icelandic / I get spoken Icelandic, and að tala means to talk, but it also means to speak, and, if one wants to say that one has something, one doesn’t use the verb to have / að hafa and one says that one is with something instead, for example, ég em (er) með leikföng means I have toys, but it literally means I am with toys, so it’s very interesting how the Icelandic language works!
BTW, if one is learning Icelandic, here are some of the most important sounds + pronunciation rules in Icelandic, as Icelandic has one of the easiest / prettiest / coolest pronunciations ever, having a category 1 pronunciation with super cool modern sounds! - the eth letter ð is an approximant of the letter D (a less obvious D similar to the D in the Spanish word nada and like the TH in the English words this and that) and the thorn letter þ is an approximant of T (a less obvious T that’s sort of lisped, and it is the same sound as the TH in the English words think and thing, though it sounds closer to a normal T sound in Icelandic) More pronunciation rules and sounds in Icelandic... - the HV is pronounced KV - the NN is pronounced as a TN if it comes after Æ and after EI / EY and after a long vowel such as Á / É / Í / Ó / Ú (but it is a normal N sound if it comes after the short vowels A / E / I / O / U and in inn word combinations, and I recommend adding a very soft breathy H sound to the ‘inn’ word ending in masculine words to make it a bit different from the word ending ‘in’ which is the feminine word ending, like I do, as I pronounce the inn more like ihn in masculine nouns and masculine adjectives that have the inn word ending, which represents the definite article in nouns, tho there are also three articles that aren’t added to the noun, namely hinn and hin and hið, so, one can say hinn stormur or stormurinn and hinn storm or storminn as both mean the storm in nominative and accusative) - the LL is usually pronounced TL in most words and if the LL is at the end of the word it sounds more like a weak T sound - the RN is pronounced with an extra soft ‘nasal’ T sound between the R and the N (so a word like þarna sounds like thartna) - the FL / FN letter combinations are pronounced PL / PN (so F becomes a P sound if it’s before an L or an N) - the G is ultra soft in short words like ég and mig etc, so it is pronounced more like an H sound (so ég sounds like yeh) and the G in the middle of the words is kinda soft (in words like segja / saga / segir etc it is a soft G that is still a G sound and not an H) and the Gs and GGs can also sound like Ks in many of the words if they are at the end of the word or even in the middle of the word and sometimes even at the beginning of the word (same as in Old Norse) tho Gs are usually pronounced like a normal G sound if they are at the beginning of the word (except for a few words) - the KK / TT etc is pronounced more like HK / HT as a soft breathy H sound is included before the K / T sound when there is a double consonant and even when there are two different consonants (for example, ekki sounds like ehki and óútreiknanlegt sounds like outreihnanleht etc) - the letter F is usually pronounced like a V if it’s in the middle of the word or at the end of the word (so leyfa sounds like leyva) and it is pronounced like a normal F sound if it’s at the beginning of the word or very close to the beginning of the word (for example, if a words starts with af, the af is pronounced af, not av) The diphthongs and umlauts and vowels in Icelandic... - AU is pronounced EOI (normal e sound + normal o sound + normal i sound said 2gether fast in one sound) - EI / EY are pronounced EI / EY (same as they are spellt) - the Æ / æ is usually pronounced ai in most Icelandic words (but hvenær seems to be pronounced kvenar and not really kvenair, so it depends on the word) - Ö is an EO sound (normal e sound + normal o sound said 2gether in one sound, like the œ in the French word cœur) - Ó is usually pronounced OU - O is usually pronounced UO and sometimes as an O sound (depending on the word) - Ú is a normal u sound - U is a more rounded YU sound (like the u in the French word mur and it is also the same sound as the Ü in Hungarian and German and the same sound as the UU in Dutch in words like muur and duur) tho in some words it is pronounced like a normal U sound (especially at the beginning of the word in words like ungur, and when there are multiple Us in the same word it’s usually the last U that is pronounced like YU and most other Us are pronounced like a normal U sound in that kind of words) - Á is an AU sound in almost every word (there are only a few exceptions) - A is a normal a sound and the A before NG / NK is pronounced like an AU sound just like the Á (so að ganga sounds like ath gaunga and it means to walk) - É is an YE sound (normal i sound + normal e sound) - E is a normal e sound (full e sound) - Í / Ý is a normal i sound - I / Y is a half i sound (this sound is very similar to how the i is pronounced in most English words like fit and chips and this, so it’s sort of like a weak i that goes more towards an e sound, but it isn’t a full e sound, and it isn’t a full i sound either, so it’s right between an i sound and an e sound)
I feel like the Italian pronunciation and accent remind a bit of the Icelandic pronunciation and accent - it’s the way they add a short break or pause between certain syllables!
Last time you were at Las Vegas like hours after that there was a shooting in the local university and today in Iceland lava burned down an entire neighborhood...
I speak Danish (native) English + German + Swedish + Norwegan + and i can understand some Dutch and some icelandic because it use some of the same words as Danish Hello from Copenhagen Danmark 😁🇩🇰
i wanna learn french and italian one day.. should be "easy" since i already speak portuguese and spanish.. i also speak english.. german and icelandic sounds like some kind of alien language to me
N'attache pas plus d'importance que ça aux commentaires sur ton "fort" accent anglais ! On te comprend parfaitement quand tu parles français et c'est tout ce qui compte.
Estonians and wooden flutes seem to be a thing. I met an Estonian wood craft teacher in Germany. He was travelling Europe by bike and selling these flutes on the way
That’s because both Estonian and Finnish have been influenced a lot by Norse / Germanic / Nordic languages, which are the prettiest languages ever, so they are pretty languages - I am learning all these languages, including Icelandic / Norse / Dutch / Norwegian / Faroese / Gothic / Danish and Estonian / Latvian / Finnish and the 6 modern Celtic languages etc!
Estonian and Finnish are just Finno, not Ugric, because there is no similarity between Hungarian words (which are more similar to Turkish) and Finnish / Estonian words, except for the grammar as they are all agglutinative languages, though all agglutinative languages were indirectly modified from the same Proto language, but Hungarian was directly modified from the Proto language that Turkish was modified from, which is why they have the same word endings with tek / ek / mek / ök / k sounds and many cognates like alma / elma and süt etc - however, the dude that created Hungarian and the dude that created Finnish and the dude that created Estonian by modifying a previous language or multiple previous languages were inspired by Germanic languages, as each language creator first analyzes and observes the words from the languages that are spoken in the surrounding areas or close to that country, and Estonia / Finland / Hungarian have Germanic countries close to them, such as the Nordic countries Norway / Denmark / Sweden / Iceland / The Faroe Islands, which inspired Estonian and Finnish a lot, and Germany / The Netherlands, which inspired Hungarian and even languages like Italian and French and Slovene, and Hungarian was also influenced a bit by Slavic languages, so the are similarities in pronunciation rules and in ways of saying things etc between them!
I'll have to disagree with you on germanic languages being pretty, especially german and austrian , yikes. Slavic languages is where it's at :D@@FrozenMermaid666
@@FrozenMermaid666archeology and genetics study suggests that Finnish and other Uralic languages came from Siberia. And there has always been a known link between Uralic cultures and Siberians.
wholesome content as always, and the polish lady is such a down to earth person.
I highly recommend learning Icelandic 2gether with Old Norse and Dutch and Norwegian etc, as they are the prettiest languages ever that are as pretty / refined / poetic as English, so they are way too pretty not to know! Iceland is one of my dream countries, despite the cold weather and the long dark winters - but all should learn Icelandic and Norse and Faroese etc, even those that aren’t moving to Iceland, as the Norse languages are really unique and special languages and they are super fun to learn / speak / hear / see etc! However, big superiority and purity terms like Lady / Princess / Queen / Goddess / Star etc only reflect me the pure / superior being aka The Leader, and cannot be misused by ppl in any way, and all wøm’n / ppl etc are the exact opposite of big / superiority / purity terms etc - only simple terms can be used by others, which do not include any unsuitable terms / letter combinations / names etc!
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The cat walking towards you was mesmerizing.
Speaks Catalan. 😊
2:38 I love that lovely cat 🐈❤😍 and I think it feels lonely in a very isolated country like Iceland.
🐢 that cat interaction was so cute 🥰
Friendship flag coming up on approach.
Cats in Iceland are mostly domesticated and friendly. 😊
@@sirrykr1679 nema bósi 😑hann veit hvað hann gerði. (Hes my neighbours cat❤)
@@Aceofspades2006hvað gerði bósi þér bro😭😭
I agree with the people that say "low stress" for what they like about Iceland. It's such a pleasant place. People are mostly friendly, and it isn't very busy or hectic. I would love to live there, but I think the isolation might get to me if I couldn't afford to travel.
I've never been to Iceland, sounds boring.
I had to laugh about Greek stress, this is simple Mediterranean mentality, although I believe there is stress because of the dire economic circumstances
I would love to live there also, but this is true. Isolation might be hard if I can't afford to travel
I've been in Greece and people looked anything BUT stressed honestly 😂 they looked quite relaxed, it takes them ages to do one thing
I can feel in how slow and serene people are how a cold and dark Arctic winter influences people. Coming from France and living in Denmark, I already feel it a little bit here, that everyone and everything slows down, emotions grow dim, but it’s nothing like Iceland. I do miss the restlessness of the Mediterranean life that you get in Marseille, though.
Iceland is definitely one of my dream countries to live in, same as the Netherlands and Norway etc, despite the cold weather and dark winters, because there’s beautiful nature everywhere and the streets are very clean, and the Icelandic language is so heavenly and magical, plus it’s one of the safest and most peaceful and most organized countries - I am actually learning Icelandic + Norse, being upper intermediate level at the moment, as I must have learnt over 5.000 Icelandic words so far over the past three to six months, and also learning Dutch and Norwegian and the other Germanic languages and the 6 modern Celtic languages like Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic and French / Italian / Portuguese and Estonian and many other target languages, as these languages are so pretty, with Icelandic / Norse / Faroese / Dutch / Gothic / Norwegian / Danish being the prettiest ever, as pretty and refined and poetic as English, so they are real fun to learn, and luckily there is always a way to get them learnt, despite the limited resources, so I memorize as many lyrics as possible and I also use G translate for Icelandic because lucky Icelandic is on G translate, and I watch every video that I can find that is teaching them, plus I always watch every video with Icelandic subs, so I am also learning lots of new words passively!
BTW, if one is learning Icelandic, here are some of the most important sounds + pronunciation rules in Icelandic, as Icelandic has one of the easiest / prettiest / coolest pronunciations ever, having a category 1 pronunciation with super cool modern sounds! - the eth letter ð is an approximant of the letter D (a less obvious D similar to the D in the Spanish word nada and like the TH in the English words this and that) and the thorn letter þ is an approximant of T (a less obvious T that’s sort of lisped, and it is the same sound as the TH in the English words think and thing, though it sounds closer to a normal T sound in Icelandic)
More pronunciation rules and sounds in Icelandic...
- the HV is pronounced KV
- the NN is pronounced as a TN if it comes after Æ and after EI / EY and after a long vowel such as Á / É / Í / Ó / Ú (but it is a normal N sound if it comes after the short vowels A / E / I / O / U and in inn word combinations, and I recommend adding a very soft breathy H sound to the ‘inn’ word ending in masculine words to make it a bit different from the word ending ‘in’ which is the feminine word ending, like I do, as I pronounce the inn more like ihn in masculine nouns and masculine adjectives that have the inn word ending, which represents the definite article in nouns, tho there are also three articles that aren’t added to the noun, namely hinn and hin and hið, so, one can say hinn stormur or stormurinn and hinn storm or storminn as both mean the storm in nominative and accusative)
- the LL is usually pronounced TL in most words and if the LL is at the end of the word it sounds more like a weak T sound
- the RN is pronounced with an extra soft ‘nasal’ T sound between the R and the N (so a word like þarna sounds like thartna)
- the FL / FN letter combinations are pronounced PL / PN (so F becomes a P sound if it’s before an L or an N)
- the G is ultra soft in short words like ég and mig etc, so it is pronounced more like an H sound (so ég sounds like yeh) and the G in the middle of the words is kinda soft (in words like segja / saga / segir etc it is a soft G that is still a G sound and not an H) and the Gs and GGs can also sound like Ks in many of the words if they are at the end of the word or even in the middle of the word and sometimes even at the beginning of the word (same as in Old Norse) tho Gs are usually pronounced like a normal G sound if they are at the beginning of the word (except for a few words)
- the KK / TT etc is pronounced more like HK / HT as a soft breathy H sound is included before the K / T sound when there is a double consonant and even when there are two different consonants (for example, ekki sounds like ehki and óútreiknanlegt sounds like outreihnanleht etc)
- the letter F is usually pronounced like a V if it’s in the middle of the word or at the end of the word (so leyfa sounds like leyva) and it is pronounced like a normal F sound if it’s at the beginning of the word or very close to the beginning of the word (for example, if a words starts with af, the af is pronounced af, not av)
The diphthongs and umlauts and vowels in Icelandic...
- AU is pronounced EOI (normal e sound + normal o sound + normal i sound said 2gether fast in one sound)
- EI / EY are pronounced EI / EY (same as they are spellt)
- the Æ / æ is usually pronounced ai in most Icelandic words (but hvenær seems to be pronounced kvenar and not really kvenair, so it depends on the word)
- Ö is an EO sound (normal e sound + normal o sound said 2gether in one sound, like the œ in the French word cœur)
- Ó is usually pronounced OU
- O is usually pronounced UO and sometimes as an O sound (depending on the word)
- Ú is a normal u sound
- U is a more rounded YU sound (like the u in the French word mur and it is also the same sound as the Ü in Hungarian and German and the same sound as the UU in Dutch in words like muur and duur) tho in some words it is pronounced like a normal U sound (especially at the beginning of the word in words like ungur, and when there are multiple Us in the same word it’s usually the last U that is pronounced like YU and most other Us are pronounced like a normal U sound in that kind of words)
- Á is an AU sound in almost every word (there are only a few exceptions)
- A is a normal a sound and the A before NG / NK is pronounced like an AU sound just like the Á (so að ganga sounds like ath gaunga and it means to walk)
- É is an YE sound (normal i sound + normal e sound)
- E is a normal e sound (full e sound)
- Í / Ý is a normal i sound
- I / Y is a half i sound (this sound is very similar to how the i is pronounced in most English words like fit and chips and this, so it’s sort of like a weak i that goes more towards an e sound, but it isn’t a full e sound, and it isn’t a full i sound either, so it’s right between an i sound and an e sound)
Common now, Danish weather isn't very different from Paris and it doesn't even snow in Denmark.
@@tomtom8786 Copenhagen is noticeably colder and darker than Paris in Winter. The coldest and darkest you get in Paris, you already get it mid-November in Copenhagen. Therefore in Copenhagen during Winter people go out less, life is much cosier and happening inside homes than in Paris. The most serene time in Paris is not during Winter but in August when everybody’s in holidays and businesses are closed.
@@FrozenMermaid666 Í/Ý is more like 'ee' in English. Free, or ea as in leave.
I'm not sure what you mean by normal i sound, but the word 'I' sounds kind of like Æ.
And I think EI/EY is not as people that haven't heard think. It's kind of like ei in 'neighbour' or 'weight', but not as in 'receive' or 'ceiling'.
Otherwise pretty accurate
My language goal is to eventually be proficient in 4 languages. Am fluent in English, learning Russian, if my Russian progresses I'd like to start Spanish in a couple of years, and maybe French or Italian after that. At 63, one of my reasons for continuing to learn is to keep my mind sharp.
That Italian guy at 7:30 has by far the best English I’ve ever heard from an Italian 😅
Think he studied in the UK given his accent
The way you pronounce Icelandic as “ice-lan-tick” is adorable😂
He just doesn’t know 🤣
If you turn on the automatic subtitles it even transcribes it as “Icelantic” every time he says it 😂
It's a language spoken in the northern Atlandic. 😏
I spent a mere six days in Iceland back in October and it was easily one of the best weeks of my life. Nothing extraordinary or outrageous happened per se, but the atmosphere of the country was everything I had dreamed of since I was in high school. It's hard to believe you're on the same planet when you're there, sometimes. Icelanders are relatively laid back, and when I spoke to them in my poor Icelandic they were so often very receptive and friendly and even encouraging. The grammar is difficult, it's true, but once you start having basic conversations it really inspires you to persevere.
I really enjoy your “how many languages do you speak?” videos👍🏽😄❗️Keep up the good work 🙋🏻♂️❗️I speak Dutch 🇳🇱 (native), English 🇬🇧 and Turkish 🇹🇷 myself and I’m studying Spanish 🇪🇸 right now. Greetings from Amsterdam👋🏽
I’m upper advanced level in Dutch and upper intermediate level in Icelandic and Norse at the moment, and learning all the pretty languages - I highly recommend learning the prettiest and the most alpha languages ever Norse and Icelandic and Gothic and also Norwegian and Faroese and Welsh and Breton and Cornish, which are some of the prettiest languages ever created, as pretty as English and Dutch, that are way too pretty not to know, and, I recommend learning Spanish on the side because Spanish isn’t as pretty and as fun as the prettiest languages, so it’s better to learn it once a week maybe, while prioritizing the prettiest languages the most, as the prettiest languages ever are naturally fun and the most fun to learn and speak and hear and see etc, and, I highly recommend learning Hungarian instead of Turkish as Hungarian is the pretty version of Turkish and it has mostly pretty words, while Turkish has mostly non-pretty words and only a few pretty words, and, I highly recommend learning the prettiest languages 2gether at the same time, as it’s the most efficient way to learn languages that’s also the most fun, and it can save many years, because it’s going to take at least a few years to learn one new language or multiple new languages to a native speaker level, so learning only one language at a time isn’t efficient!
@@thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038. That’s the most absurd comment I’ve ever read about languages
Nah, what jé typed is what’s absurd and db lol, whereas what I say’s just the truth - the facts that all should know before deciding to learn new languages!
Clearly jë know nada about languages, while I know everything about languages and am learning many languages myself, having over fifty target languages and learning 25+ languages at the moment, so I have seen thousands of languages so far and have probably seen at least one language from every or almost every language family, thus I know exactly what types of languages there are out there, and I know which languages are the pretty ones with pretty words and sounds and which are the prettiest languages ever that are the most fun to learn and speak and hear and see, these being the languages that truly deserve the attention from learners - the prettiest languages ever are Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic / Faroese / Danish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Forn Svenska, and Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic and Hungarian and Slovene and Latvian are also real pretty, and Galician / Latin / Occitan / Portuguese / Gallo are the prettiest Latin languages, so they are all great options and can be learnt 2gether!
turkish wow
This place gives me peace. The language is so beautiful, weather, architecture, people...I suffer with anxiety and despite of not being a cold lover, this cloudy/gloomy weather makes my thoughts rest.🕊️🙏
your accent when you speak french is wonderful! dont change it because people are intolerant :)
-A french person living in Montreal
If it can impede understanding and communication, then it is not “wonderful”. Shaming is certainly wrong, but also don’t discourage anyone from wanting to improve their communication skills.
Wow, I'm so glad you came across Greek speakers! Opa!!! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
So much love to Greek people from Syrians💙💜
@@Ram-ql9qtBetter than the turks , right 😅😂
Αυτή είναι η Σπάρτη, δεν παίρνουμε αιχμαλώτους! :D
@@ciwancimo6683 bruh you make a hate comment at any chance you get. Dont like turks all you want, its not like we care
That cat was on a mission to get petted 😸
Encore une excellente vidéo dans un pays où j'aimerais tant aller !! Merci beaucoup 👍
Ah I love your humor (accent) and I love these series so much! Pleae keep doing these interviews! Thank you!
Really fascinating episode. Maybe I'm reading too deep into it but maybe the artistic drive is some kind of survival mechanism people gravitate towards in a slow calm environment to find some kind of purpose, I can imagine myself feeling a bit aimless in that context without art.
For fun should visit the Icelandic festival (Islendingadagurinn) in Gimli, Manitoba.
I've been wearing a nylon watch band in Icelandic colors for almost 8 years now as a reminder that i need to visit this beautiful place one day. And this video full of amazing people (and other glorious animals) made me want to go there even more now. Also that snippet of Martin's music was really good. Way to go!
Two things: It's nice to see the person behind the videos, and the sponsorship is absolutely fitting, and sounds like a great resource. Given my family is moving to France later this year, the timing is apt. Thanks! Oh and an odd anecdote from my visit to Iceland when I was a child: I was walking to a video game in the hotel we were at with a coin in hand, and I generated enough of a charge that when I went to put the coin in, it jumpstarted the game! Alas, the trick was not to be repeated...
I always admire your bravery in speaking other languages and not being afraid of making errors
9:11 The fact that in the beginning I didn't understand that those guys were from my native country and then they said that they spoke Greek was just great! 😅 And yes, Greece IS a very stressful country! 😢Iceland seems such a beautiful country and as everyone said, their nature is just remarkable! I really want to go there someday in the future, the Icelandic language also sounds very beautiful and ''icy''!
Pozdrawiam p. Iwonę! Iceland is such a beautiful country. Greetings from Poland.
I love this.
Greetings to all from Iceland 🇮🇸 😊
Wow. So interesting. Love your videos.
Thank you!
07:00 what a great guy! You can read the kindness in his eyes.
🐢 Thanks so much for bringing your enjoyable "How many languages do you speak?" videos to us as always. You did crack me up when you encountered that beautiful cat and asked it about how many languages the animal would speak and if I were that cat, I would have said to you: "I speak the cat language, and I finally love having a friendly, nice and warm man as a good companion".
I've got to agree with the love of snow. It rarely happens where I am. We used to get lots of snow for about a week or two a year, but now if we get anything at all it's snowflakes for half an hour if that which don't settle anywhere, or a covering of "slush" if we're particularly lucky. I wish we got the old snow week again.
I have never and ever met an Icelandic person in my life. Iceland is 冰島 in Kanji. I think it's a fabulous country.
I lived downtown there for just a year. Man the places you went made me nostalgiac
I thought the estonian guy was a local icelandic. He looks so scandinavian! And estonian language sounds just angelic. Every time I hear it, I got the impression it is the best sounding language in the world.
The Estonian vikings have the oldest found burial grounds.. I just found out that there were Scottish and French land owners back in 1550-1700s. Hansaetic trade route was one of the reasons why we have the "Scandic" look.. we have more history with the people around The Baltic sea..
@@TheTerkzzz
Interesting!
I appreciate your explanation about the historical link among vikings and baltic countries. Also, it really makes sense.
Really enjoy these videos. Always surprised by the places you go.
The orange cat is just too cute ❤
Thank you so much for content.
Oh! What a delight! 8:39 Icelandic is similar to German! Finally I have an advantage
You can tell how good the people are with the cat being so friendly, it's never had trauma due to humans 😍
Bro, if you come to Switzerland, you would be impressed on how many languages people speak here !
Yes, Switzerland (the city that’s closest to the mountains) is also another great idea, and also the Faroe Islands - Switzerland is one of my dream countries as well, just like Iceland and the Netherlands and Norway / Denmark / Sweden and the Faroe Islands and Germany and Belgium, I would definitely love to live in all these countries as they are so peaceful and have a lot of beautiful nature everywhere and they are very safe and very organized and very clean, and also very modern-looking, plus the languages are so pretty!
I am learning Icelandic + Norse, being upper intermediate level at the moment, as I must have learnt over 5.000 Icelandic words so far over the past three to six months, and also learning Dutch and Norwegian and the other Germanic languages and the 6 modern Celtic languages like Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic and French / Italian / Portuguese and Estonian and German (and the other German-based languages spoken in Switzerland and Austria etc) and many other target languages, as these languages are so pretty, with Icelandic / Norse / Faroese / Dutch / Gothic / Norwegian / Danish being the prettiest ever, as pretty and refined and poetic as English, so they are real fun to learn, and luckily there is always a way to get them learnt, despite the limited resources, so I memorize as many lyrics as possible and I also use G translate for Icelandic because lucky Icelandic is on G translate, and I watch every video that I can find that is teaching them, plus I always watch every video with Icelandic subs, so I am also learning lots of new words passively!
@@FrozenMermaid666 também estudo islandes❤
Entâo tu és português? Eu estudo Islandês diariamente!
Despite the cold weather I really think this is a great country to live.
You do have a strong accent when you speak French but not to the point of making what you say hard to understand and I think it’s cute. You shouldn’t worry about it.
Everyone loves the nature and the calmness of Iceland
I speak two foreign languages and it is definitely helpful especially for career path. Immersive translate is a good app for those interested in learning foreign languages online
Iceland is the dream country for introverts and peaceful people like me :)
If you go to Brazil some day, go to Paulista -Avenue many people there or Curitiba
The Italian guy is so attractive and his accent sounds like he's from England rather than Italy. Iceland looks beautiful.
the b-roll around 3 minutes in I recognize those mountains and cliffs like the back of my hand
The cat's tail going straight up to show friendship when you spoke to him 😭
I can speak, read and write: tajik, uzbek, russian and english. I can speak persian and kazakh. I can understand 100% ukrainian, pashto, turkmen, turkish. Tried to lean mandarin while i lived in Malaysia but total fail 😅. Now learning arabic (already learned to write).
TNT is a goldmine from Montréal. Loving how your channel grows, bud.
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omg i loved so much this Italian guy, i think exactly like him!! 8:06
great videos dude!
Hæ! Ég er að læra íslensku. Ég hef farið þrisvar sinnum til Íslands. Ísland er frábært!
En passant, j'habite la région de Montréal et je te félicite pour tes progrès et efforts en français! 👍
Wow! That was such a nice video! Thanks! 🐢
Glad you enjoyed it :)
What is the dog breed at 1:10
I’m from Montreal too! So cool you’re learning French good luck! Good thing is you speak very well so working on your accent is the easy part :)
Wow! Did not expect to hear estonian!
Great video! Thanks! ❤😊
Glad you enjoyed :)
8:19 she said Björg but the subtitles said Björk it's similar but they are different names
"Is Icelandic hard to learn?" Any language takes time, and one is not "harder" than another. I will say though that Icelanders are surprised when they hear me speaking Icelandic. They often assume I am from Norway or Sweden.
I am proficient in English, can survive in a country that only speaks Afrikaans ( and probally get up to speed pretty quickly in the Netherlands to survive) or French, or high German (cause I was visiting in the Black Forest region and I couldnt understand the meat of most of the conversations from the locals). I can greet in Cantonese and count to 10 in the same language. I know a spattering more than that in Korean, but cant count in Korean. Know a spattering of words in Spanish, just littile moments of words sharing amongst the diverse peoples of Canada.
But I have the highest respect for my mother, who lives, breaths, and dreams fluently in Afrikaans and English. I'm always in aw of her mastery of both languages.
wow 20 hours ago
your videos calm my mind and they are useful because i am learning English and of course they are soо interesting
oh, and this is my first comment in English🙂
Your English is clear and easy to read! Keep it up :)
“Never seen so many “o,s” in my life” - I,m laughing out loud 😂 That’s try) Nice episode by the way) Iceland is awesome!
Thanks! 😂
Iceland is a winter wonderland omg ❤ 🇮🇸
Estoy viendo tu video desde Jalisco México
Come back to Mexico! Specifically to Queretaro City! Beautiful and quiet city!
I understood everything the Estonian guy said in his language being a Finn. But I have also studied Estonian.
Everyone looks so healthy. That’s the biggest endorsement of Iceland I take away from this video :)
Does people in the others countries look sick 🙃
0:21 - Those are dope eye frames. Does anyone know the brand and model?
Happy New Year, yes your accent in French is quite noticeable, but everybody has an accent whether you come from Gaspé or Lac St-Jean, Montréal or Québec city! I am native of Montréal; so I speak French, English, I am familiar with Mohawk, German, Spanish and I am learning Mandarin. My wife is from Alberta but learned French in Paris, so she speaks French with a Parisian accent, she is fluent in German. Our daughter, speaks English, French with a Parisian accent, is fluent in Latin, German and is familiar with Russian. So within the same family, we have different accents; so don't worry about your accent. Enjoy Life! In Peace and Friendship,
Pierre Pagé
En tant que lyonnais,je trouve ton accent très bien, ne change rien frère ❤
Que buen recibimiento de este hermoso gatito que lindo 😊
The first lady smiles as charmingly as Keira Knightley 😊
I love the sounds of Icelandic! ❤
The Italian guy is really cute!
Very interesting place with diversity culture love it
Such a beautiful cat 🐈 😍😍😍
Thanks for sharing! Спасибо за вашу работу 🤝
The polish lady Ivona is a really beautiful and kind soul.
I highly recommend learning Icelandic 2gether with Old Norse and Dutch and Norwegian etc, as they are the prettiest languages ever that are as pretty / refined / poetic as English, so they are way too pretty not to know! Iceland is one of my dream countries, despite the cold weather and the long dark winters - but all should learn Icelandic and Norse and Faroese etc, even those that aren’t moving to Iceland, as the Norse languages are really unique and special languages and they are super fun to learn / speak / hear / see etc! However, big superiority and purity terms like Lady / Princess / Queen / Goddess / Star etc and kin(d) etc only reflect me the pure / superior being aka The Leader, and cannot be misused by ppl in any way, and all wøm’n / ppl etc are the exact opposite of big / superiority / purity terms etc, and only nature etc reflects words like beautiful / nice etc - only simple terms can be used by others, which do not include any unsuitable terms / letter combinations / names etc!
Just amazing!
I couldn't live in such a cold land, even though everything is beautiful! I live in a tropical country (Brazil)
He didn't get Ivona's name, heh.
She's such a nice lady!
I highly recommend learning Icelandic 2gether with Old Norse and Dutch and Norwegian etc, as they are the prettiest languages ever that are as pretty / refined / poetic as English, so they are way too pretty not to know! Iceland is one of my dream countries, despite the cold weather and the long dark winters - but all should learn Icelandic and Norse and Faroese etc, even those that aren’t moving to Iceland, as the Norse languages are really unique and special languages and they are super fun to learn / speak / hear / see etc! However, big superiority and purity terms like Lady / Princess / Queen / Goddess / Star etc only reflect me the pure / superior being aka The Leader, and cannot be misused by ppl in any way, and all wøm’n / ppl etc are the exact opposite of big / superiority / purity terms etc, and words like nice only reflect items / elements of nature / weather etc - only simple terms can be used by others, which do not include any unsuitable terms / letter combinations / names etc!
When are you coming to Albania? 🇦🇱😊I've seen all your videos.💯
Hi there, what did he say at 08:04-08:05 in Icelandic? I mean the icelandic word he said hehe
I wanna write it down.
Nice video as always :)
I am upper intermediate level in Icelandic and Norse - around 08:04 he said þetta reddast (pronounced thehta reddast with soft breathy H sound included before the T sound) which literally means ‘this saves itself’ or ‘this fixes itself’ or something like that and it means that everything will work out and that it shall get better, and the verb að reddast is cognate with the Dutch verb redden which means to save, and I guess the normal verb would be að redda which would have meant to save, but in Icelandic it is used more with the meaning to fix, but the version with ST at the end (which is SK in Old Norse) indicates that the subject does the action to itself, so að reddast means to get sorted out, and I think this might be the Icelandic version of reflexive verbs, which are similar to verbs like hacerse / vestirse / darse etc in Spanish which have the SE ending, and I also noticed that the verb að geta which would normally mean to get is used with the meaning to be able to / can in Icelandic, so ég get talað Íslensku means I can speak Icelandic, even though it literally means I get talked Icelandic / I get spoken Icelandic, and að tala means to talk, but it also means to speak, and, if one wants to say that one has something, one doesn’t use the verb to have / að hafa and one says that one is with something instead, for example, ég em (er) með leikföng means I have toys, but it literally means I am with toys, so it’s very interesting how the Icelandic language works!
BTW, if one is learning Icelandic, here are some of the most important sounds + pronunciation rules in Icelandic, as Icelandic has one of the easiest / prettiest / coolest pronunciations ever, having a category 1 pronunciation with super cool modern sounds! - the eth letter ð is an approximant of the letter D (a less obvious D similar to the D in the Spanish word nada and like the TH in the English words this and that) and the thorn letter þ is an approximant of T (a less obvious T that’s sort of lisped, and it is the same sound as the TH in the English words think and thing, though it sounds closer to a normal T sound in Icelandic)
More pronunciation rules and sounds in Icelandic...
- the HV is pronounced KV
- the NN is pronounced as a TN if it comes after Æ and after EI / EY and after a long vowel such as Á / É / Í / Ó / Ú (but it is a normal N sound if it comes after the short vowels A / E / I / O / U and in inn word combinations, and I recommend adding a very soft breathy H sound to the ‘inn’ word ending in masculine words to make it a bit different from the word ending ‘in’ which is the feminine word ending, like I do, as I pronounce the inn more like ihn in masculine nouns and masculine adjectives that have the inn word ending, which represents the definite article in nouns, tho there are also three articles that aren’t added to the noun, namely hinn and hin and hið, so, one can say hinn stormur or stormurinn and hinn storm or storminn as both mean the storm in nominative and accusative)
- the LL is usually pronounced TL in most words and if the LL is at the end of the word it sounds more like a weak T sound
- the RN is pronounced with an extra soft ‘nasal’ T sound between the R and the N (so a word like þarna sounds like thartna)
- the FL / FN letter combinations are pronounced PL / PN (so F becomes a P sound if it’s before an L or an N)
- the G is ultra soft in short words like ég and mig etc, so it is pronounced more like an H sound (so ég sounds like yeh) and the G in the middle of the words is kinda soft (in words like segja / saga / segir etc it is a soft G that is still a G sound and not an H) and the Gs and GGs can also sound like Ks in many of the words if they are at the end of the word or even in the middle of the word and sometimes even at the beginning of the word (same as in Old Norse) tho Gs are usually pronounced like a normal G sound if they are at the beginning of the word (except for a few words)
- the KK / TT etc is pronounced more like HK / HT as a soft breathy H sound is included before the K / T sound when there is a double consonant and even when there are two different consonants (for example, ekki sounds like ehki and óútreiknanlegt sounds like outreihnanleht etc)
- the letter F is usually pronounced like a V if it’s in the middle of the word or at the end of the word (so leyfa sounds like leyva) and it is pronounced like a normal F sound if it’s at the beginning of the word or very close to the beginning of the word (for example, if a words starts with af, the af is pronounced af, not av)
The diphthongs and umlauts and vowels in Icelandic...
- AU is pronounced EOI (normal e sound + normal o sound + normal i sound said 2gether fast in one sound)
- EI / EY are pronounced EI / EY (same as they are spellt)
- the Æ / æ is usually pronounced ai in most Icelandic words (but hvenær seems to be pronounced kvenar and not really kvenair, so it depends on the word)
- Ö is an EO sound (normal e sound + normal o sound said 2gether in one sound, like the œ in the French word cœur)
- Ó is usually pronounced OU
- O is usually pronounced UO and sometimes as an O sound (depending on the word)
- Ú is a normal u sound
- U is a more rounded YU sound (like the u in the French word mur and it is also the same sound as the Ü in Hungarian and German and the same sound as the UU in Dutch in words like muur and duur) tho in some words it is pronounced like a normal U sound (especially at the beginning of the word in words like ungur, and when there are multiple Us in the same word it’s usually the last U that is pronounced like YU and most other Us are pronounced like a normal U sound in that kind of words)
- Á is an AU sound in almost every word (there are only a few exceptions)
- A is a normal a sound and the A before NG / NK is pronounced like an AU sound just like the Á (so að ganga sounds like ath gaunga and it means to walk)
- É is an YE sound (normal i sound + normal e sound)
- E is a normal e sound (full e sound)
- Í / Ý is a normal i sound
- I / Y is a half i sound (this sound is very similar to how the i is pronounced in most English words like fit and chips and this, so it’s sort of like a weak i that goes more towards an e sound, but it isn’t a full e sound, and it isn’t a full i sound either, so it’s right between an i sound and an e sound)
The Italian guy's accent is enjoyalbe to hear :)
I feel like the Italian pronunciation and accent remind a bit of the Icelandic pronunciation and accent - it’s the way they add a short break or pause between certain syllables!
@@thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 Oh interesting...
What a fantastic video. Thanks for filming this video in Iceland. Also, I would like to face the extreme cold there one day 😊😂
Last time you were at Las Vegas like hours after that there was a shooting in the local university and today in Iceland lava burned down an entire neighborhood...
8:03 well hes now 50% there. 😂 þetta reddast
Did you get a new camera/lens? The video quality looks great!
damn that cat zoomed over to meet you
🐢 thank you! Iceland is awesome
No viviría en islandia ! Pero si me gustaría ir algún dia.
They have orange cats in Iceland?
I speak Danish (native) English + German + Swedish + Norwegan + and i can understand some Dutch and some icelandic because it use some of the same words as Danish
Hello from Copenhagen Danmark 😁🇩🇰
i wanna learn french and italian one day.. should be "easy" since i already speak portuguese and spanish.. i also speak english.. german and icelandic sounds like some kind of alien language to me
N'attache pas plus d'importance que ça aux commentaires sur ton "fort" accent anglais ! On te comprend parfaitement quand tu parles français et c'est tout ce qui compte.
The most beautiful and romantic language in the world. 🇨🇮❤️🇮🇸
Estonians and wooden flutes seem to be a thing. I met an Estonian wood craft teacher in Germany. He was travelling Europe by bike and selling these flutes on the way
Like read comprehension and pronunciation
Man, I love your videos
estonian sounds beautiful, just as finnish
That’s because both Estonian and Finnish have been influenced a lot by Norse / Germanic / Nordic languages, which are the prettiest languages ever, so they are pretty languages - I am learning all these languages, including Icelandic / Norse / Dutch / Norwegian / Faroese / Gothic / Danish and Estonian / Latvian / Finnish and the 6 modern Celtic languages etc!
But Estonian and Finnish are fino-ugric
Estonian and Finnish are just Finno, not Ugric, because there is no similarity between Hungarian words (which are more similar to Turkish) and Finnish / Estonian words, except for the grammar as they are all agglutinative languages, though all agglutinative languages were indirectly modified from the same Proto language, but Hungarian was directly modified from the Proto language that Turkish was modified from, which is why they have the same word endings with tek / ek / mek / ök / k sounds and many cognates like alma / elma and süt etc - however, the dude that created Hungarian and the dude that created Finnish and the dude that created Estonian by modifying a previous language or multiple previous languages were inspired by Germanic languages, as each language creator first analyzes and observes the words from the languages that are spoken in the surrounding areas or close to that country, and Estonia / Finland / Hungarian have Germanic countries close to them, such as the Nordic countries Norway / Denmark / Sweden / Iceland / The Faroe Islands, which inspired Estonian and Finnish a lot, and Germany / The Netherlands, which inspired Hungarian and even languages like Italian and French and Slovene, and Hungarian was also influenced a bit by Slavic languages, so the are similarities in pronunciation rules and in ways of saying things etc between them!
I'll have to disagree with you on germanic languages being pretty, especially german and austrian , yikes. Slavic languages is where it's at :D@@FrozenMermaid666
@@FrozenMermaid666archeology and genetics study suggests that Finnish and other Uralic languages came from Siberia. And there has always been a known link between Uralic cultures and Siberians.