The verb að reddast is cognate with the Dutch verb redden (to save) tho in Icelandic it is used more with the meaning to fix itself / to sort itself out - I am advanced level in Icelandic and Norwegian and close to advanced level in Norse and Danish and Faroese, plus I am upper advanced level in Dutch, and am also intermediate level in Gothic, at least vocab-wise, and upper intermediate level in Swedish and German, but I can understand them on an advanced level, and, I must say, these Norse languages are so amazing! (By the way, Icelandic is one of the prettiest languages ever created, being as pretty as Norse / Gothic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Danish / FornSvenska / Welsh / Breton / Cornish, so I highly recommend learning these gorgeous languages together!)
It's because of the relatively low number of speakers and the isolated location, Því miður. Oh, and probably also the fact that everyone there already tala ensku.
I'm learning Icelandic because of how beautiful it sounds. I recently visited Iceland and fell in love with the scenic and breathtaking landscapes I saw. I am 100% going back and I hope my Icelandic is good enough to have fluent conversations by the time I go back. Also, I have found Icelandic to be incredibly well structured. So much so, that learning the language is quite easy, especially as my 3rd language.
Icelandic is one of the prettiest languages ever created, being as pretty as Norse / Gothic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Danish / FornSvenska / Welsh / Breton / Cornish, so I highly recommend learning these gorgeous languages together - I am advanced level in Icelandic and Norwegian and close to advanced level in Norse and Danish and Faroese, plus I am upper advanced level in Dutch, and am also intermediate level in Gothic, at least vocab-wise, and upper intermediate level in Swedish and German, but I can understand them on an advanced level, and, I must say, these Norse languages are so amazing!
I am also learning Icelandic for its pretty words and sound, and I am learning it together with Norse and all other Norse / Germanic / Nordic languages and the Celtic languages as well as Latin languages and other target languages - I am already advanced level in Icelandic and Norwegian, so I can understand almost every word I see when reading the subtitles in Icelandic, as I’m usually watching every video with Icelandic subtitles, and I can confirm that it’s very easy to learn, being a Norse / Germanic language, as the languages belonging to the Norse / Germanic language family are naturally easy to learn / the easiest to learn, and Icelandic and Gothic and Norse etc are almost as easy as Dutch and Norwegian and Danish etc, while English is the easiest language, as the words from Norse / Germanic languages are so pretty and distinctive and have the most organized aspect, so they are naturally easy to memorize / read / learn / type / say etc, compared to words from most other languages, plus they are the most fun to learn, so I want to learn them all the time, and, speaking Icelandic is real fun, as it has gorgeous sounds and cool pronunciation rules and the Icelandic accent is so easy to imitate, definitely one of the easiest accents to learn, so I sound native in Icelandic, and, it just sounds so great every time I speak Icelandic or hear Icelandic spoken by others etc, so, hearing and seeing Icelandic brings a lot of joy to my ear and eye, like, I cannot even describe it!
I loved my visit - realised quite quickly that it is better to understand whats heard then to try and read it (using english letters amd pronounciation doesnt work, though it entertains the icelanders). Easier by sound only. Only problem tho, was voice navigation in the car amd tying it up with sign post spelling. We went we round a few traffic circles several time over before working it out. Best time we have ever had, amazing to experience Iceland properly ❤
I'll be going on a cruise to Iceland later this summer - my favorite thing when visiting a different country is to learn a bit of the language, so I am very much enjoying your intro to Icelandic and look forward to exploring more!
Brother, these are the best videos! I (like many here) am studying Icelandic for an upcoming trip to Iceland. My maternal grandmother was from the north of Iceland near Akureyri and I have been trying to reconnect with my heritage. I am definitely subscribing! Takk!
@@ivargu well actually there is a very powerful technique to teach languages which is very easy at the same time: you can just take a book with illustrations for little children (or any image from the Internet) and describe everything on every picture in Icelandic. Thanks to the context the learner can understand most words without translating, it's both fun and effective. Basically that's how babies learn their native language. Here are two examples of videos like that: ua-cam.com/video/sspCv-cYoVw/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/M3QA-RqkZ2g/v-deo.html This method is called Comprehensible Input and it's getting more and more popular but unfortunately nothing like that exists for Icelandic so it would super cool if you make some videos with this technique! Let me know if you decide to make such a video and I'll give you more information about the method.
It works the other way around as well. I can pretty much understand most things if I have a bit of context from swedish text, but the spoken language is more difficult :)
Ivar, we're coming to Reykjavik in Feb and this is just the sort of help and advice we need. You should bring out your own phrase book, I would buy it!
Just back from Iceland and wanted to thank you for your language videos. I managed to get a fee positive reactions from Icelanders when I tried to use them. Loved your country. 3 days was not enough!
My boss in Tokyo has asked me to teach his colleague some phrases of Íslenska before she visits on business. Your videos sir are a very enjoyable point to start from !
Just finished a trial lesson with this student - I told her many things about Iceland ( most of them gleamed from the Internet - she seems determined to learn Icelandic ! )Do you have any information about native speakers of Icelandic who can teach it online ? Best wishes.
Thank you very much for this video. I wish I could find more videos were the pronunciation is demonstrated. I am learning to read and write Icelandic on my own, but you can't practice "hearing" the language on your own. You need someone, or videos, to train your ear on how to pronounce this beautiful language. Please make more videos!
I'll be visiting Iceland in a couple of weeks and both this video and the one with the basic phrases have been extremely helpful to learn some useful phrases and understand the correct pronunciation. Nice video and takk!
This is great! This should help some when I am visiting in a few weeks. Reading the words scared me a little, but some of it sounds close to Swedish, which i have a basic grasp of. Thank you!
In greek language the eg is ego. and a word (I imagine there are others, my aim was to find at least one) that no other Indo-European people use except the Greeks and today's Icelanders. It is the word bapt, from which comes baptize and davafo and means "to dip" (in the case of davato, I dip the brush into the paint). Icelanders have it Kafa from vafo > vafa > kafa again with the meaning of complete immersion. Only in contact with the Greeks could they have words that other intermediate peoples do not have. Im greek varryag ,my anchestors is a vikings guardians of byzantine emperor. In my village betwwen 9-14 century lives 2000 varryags guardians
How would you call out to a relative or a friend in Icelandic that’s in the next room over to “come eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner?” Also what is the equivalent to “let’s eat!” and “cheers!”?
On the calling out to someone you're likely saying just "matur!" which literally means "food", but also implies; "mealtime!". Generally there isn't a distinction made between what type of meal it is (breakfast, lunch, dinner) as the context will be self-evident. You could alternatively say something like "það er kominn matur!" (e. it's mealtime), or "komdu að borða!" (e. come have a meal). If you want to specify the different mealtimes you are basically just saying "morgunmatur" (e. morningmeal), "hádegismatur" (e. noon-meal), or "kvöldmatur" (evening-meal). Let's eat can be; "komdu að borða" (come eat/have a meal), or could be phrased as a question; "eigum við að borða?" (shall we eat?) Cheers in icelandic is "Skál!" pronounced almost exactly like the english word "scowl".
Skrevet er det meget tæt på dansk eller norsk. Hvad hedder du...jeg hedder...hvad sagde du...hvad koster dette....etc. Men hvordan det udtales er meget forskelligt.
That is a fair point. "Vinsamlegast" is definitely a rather close match, literally meaning "kindly". It isn't used the same way though in spoken language as "please" in english. In my mind it's use is - yes more polite - but also conveys a sense of passive aggression. But perhaps that is just my twisted mind ;)
I've noticed in words that start with "hva-" it usually sounds more like "kra". is this the correct way of pronouncing it? or is it just a result of saying it fast? takk!
Interesting you ask, because I am actually just putting together a video on the strange sounds of the icelandic language :) but you are absolutely right, the majority of the population pronounces "hv" as "kv".
I'm from Bangladesh and I've been incredibly interested in learning the Icelandic language and literature. What would be the best way for me to learn the language all the way from here?
There is a facebook group called "Icelandic learners - læra íslensku!" which I think is a good start. People there are sharing reference to learning materials, and there are some proper teachers on there as well.
:D That's something I'll need to try now. I tried eating at Ivar's Seafood at the airport in Seattle once, so I've already started the journey of sampling foods connected to my name ;)
Please, væri það ekki bara Vinsamlegast, en auðvitað ekki notað í Yes Please. Svar við hvað segirðu geta verið svo mörg, Ágætt er líka mjög algengt, Sæmliegur, Góður á meðan við fyrri störf og aldur er sennilega skemmtilegasta að mínu mati allanvega Klósettið er huganslega einfaldara en baðherbyggi er líka rétt og nær Bathroom og beinþýðist á sama hatt.
I see the “motto” as being similar to acknowledging resilience, a statement that we will get through whatever happens.
The verb að reddast is cognate with the Dutch verb redden (to save) tho in Icelandic it is used more with the meaning to fix itself / to sort itself out - I am advanced level in Icelandic and Norwegian and close to advanced level in Norse and Danish and Faroese, plus I am upper advanced level in Dutch, and am also intermediate level in Gothic, at least vocab-wise, and upper intermediate level in Swedish and German, but I can understand them on an advanced level, and, I must say, these Norse languages are so amazing! (By the way, Icelandic is one of the prettiest languages ever created, being as pretty as Norse / Gothic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Danish / FornSvenska / Welsh / Breton / Cornish, so I highly recommend learning these gorgeous languages together!)
Icelandic is so underrated. Easily among my top 5 favourite languages to hear.
It's because of the relatively low number of speakers and the isolated location, Því miður. Oh, and probably also the fact that everyone there already tala ensku.
I'm learning Icelandic because of how beautiful it sounds.
I recently visited Iceland and fell in love with the scenic and breathtaking landscapes I saw.
I am 100% going back and I hope my Icelandic is good enough to have fluent conversations by the time I go back.
Also, I have found Icelandic to be incredibly well structured. So much so, that learning the language is quite easy, especially as my 3rd language.
Icelandic is one of the prettiest languages ever created, being as pretty as Norse / Gothic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Danish / FornSvenska / Welsh / Breton / Cornish, so I highly recommend learning these gorgeous languages together - I am advanced level in Icelandic and Norwegian and close to advanced level in Norse and Danish and Faroese, plus I am upper advanced level in Dutch, and am also intermediate level in Gothic, at least vocab-wise, and upper intermediate level in Swedish and German, but I can understand them on an advanced level, and, I must say, these Norse languages are so amazing!
I am also learning Icelandic for its pretty words and sound, and I am learning it together with Norse and all other Norse / Germanic / Nordic languages and the Celtic languages as well as Latin languages and other target languages - I am already advanced level in Icelandic and Norwegian, so I can understand almost every word I see when reading the subtitles in Icelandic, as I’m usually watching every video with Icelandic subtitles, and I can confirm that it’s very easy to learn, being a Norse / Germanic language, as the languages belonging to the Norse / Germanic language family are naturally easy to learn / the easiest to learn, and Icelandic and Gothic and Norse etc are almost as easy as Dutch and Norwegian and Danish etc, while English is the easiest language, as the words from Norse / Germanic languages are so pretty and distinctive and have the most organized aspect, so they are naturally easy to memorize / read / learn / type / say etc, compared to words from most other languages, plus they are the most fun to learn, so I want to learn them all the time, and, speaking Icelandic is real fun, as it has gorgeous sounds and cool pronunciation rules and the Icelandic accent is so easy to imitate, definitely one of the easiest accents to learn, so I sound native in Icelandic, and, it just sounds so great every time I speak Icelandic or hear Icelandic spoken by others etc, so, hearing and seeing Icelandic brings a lot of joy to my ear and eye, like, I cannot even describe it!
Thank you so Much, Icelandic is a beautiful Language
I am Your Friend From Egypt ❤
I’ve said it before, but damn you need more recognition. Your video editing skills are pretty good as well
Thanks again! For me the audience selection is more quality than quantity. ;)
Beautiful language
I'm now in Iceland. This really a big help. God bless! Takk.
Glad it helped! Hope you have a good stay here!
@@ivargu Thank you so much!😇
I wish I knew someone in person to speak with and practice
I loved my visit - realised quite quickly that it is better to understand whats heard then to try and read it (using english letters amd pronounciation doesnt work, though it entertains the icelanders). Easier by sound only. Only problem tho, was voice navigation in the car amd tying it up with sign post spelling. We went we round a few traffic circles several time over before working it out.
Best time we have ever had, amazing to experience Iceland properly ❤
Sæll og takk fyrir🎉. Thetta reddast! Sjáumst seinna og bless bless
I'll be going on a cruise to Iceland later this summer - my favorite thing when visiting a different country is to learn a bit of the language, so I am very much enjoying your intro to Icelandic and look forward to exploring more!
Is amazing de similarities with dutch on this basic phrases.
Yeah. Since I spend a lot of time in the Netherlands I've really noticed so many interesting similarities and connections. 😊
You have a very clear pronunciation, mutch helpful for non native speakers 👍
Thanks Matilda, I've always considered myself to mutter a bit, so I'm glad you found it clear! :D
Fraubert! You make us want to work a little harder to get better at this. Takk. Living in Vermont and thinking a lot about Iceland these days. Again.
Thank you very much for this.
Alveg sjálfsagt - most welcome :)
Thank you for your videos! I’m about to visit Iceland and the phrase books don’t help as much as hearing you speak the words. Takk!
Glad to be of help Kelly! :)
Brother, these are the best videos! I (like many here) am studying Icelandic for an upcoming trip to Iceland. My maternal grandmother was from the north of Iceland near Akureyri and I have been trying to reconnect with my heritage. I am definitely subscribing! Takk!
Takk fyrir það! Glad you liked it, and I hope you have a good trip to Akureyri! :)
Thanks so much for making these two videos! Please do more of them!
Thanks! Any words, or other topics you are particularily interested in?
@@ivargu well actually there is a very powerful technique to teach languages which is very easy at the same time: you can just take a book with illustrations for little children (or any image from the Internet) and describe everything on every picture in Icelandic. Thanks to the context the learner can understand most words without translating, it's both fun and effective. Basically that's how babies learn their native language. Here are two examples of videos like that: ua-cam.com/video/sspCv-cYoVw/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/M3QA-RqkZ2g/v-deo.html
This method is called Comprehensible Input and it's getting more and more popular but unfortunately nothing like that exists for Icelandic so it would super cool if you make some videos with this technique!
Let me know if you decide to make such a video and I'll give you more information about the method.
Good clear explanations. Great job.
As a Swede it fun to see one actually can understand the words, listining is however much more difficult.
It works the other way around as well. I can pretty much understand most things if I have a bit of context from swedish text, but the spoken language is more difficult :)
Frábært takk fyrir. Ég skil mjog vél. Ég tala litla íslensku núna.
I love how he pronounced "motto", the Icelandic way (mohhto) :)
I always wanted to learn icelandic and you showed me way to finally get into it. Can i ask tho, how do you say "Nice to meet you". anyways, takk!
"Gaman að kynnast þér" would be one way of phrasing that. Enjoy your learning journey! :)
Ivar, we're coming to Reykjavik in Feb and this is just the sort of help and advice we need. You should bring out your own phrase book, I would buy it!
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. I hope you will have a good trip in February!
Just back from Iceland and wanted to thank you for your language videos. I managed to get a fee positive reactions from Icelanders when I tried to use them.
Loved your country. 3 days was not enough!
Happy to hear that, and glad you had a good stay!
My boss in Tokyo has asked me to teach his colleague some phrases of Íslenska before she visits on business. Your videos sir are a very enjoyable point to start from !
Very happy to hear they are helping :)
Just finished a trial lesson with this student - I told her many things about Iceland ( most of them gleamed from the Internet - she seems determined to learn Icelandic ! )Do you have any information about native speakers of Icelandic who can teach it online ? Best wishes.
Thank you very much for this video.
I wish I could find more videos were the pronunciation is demonstrated.
I am learning to read and write Icelandic on my own, but you can't practice "hearing" the language on your own.
You need someone, or videos, to train your ear on how to pronounce this beautiful language.
Please make more videos!
Glad it was helpful!
I just discovered your channel yesterday and immediately subscribed! Takk fyrir, your videos are well done and helpful! We love Iceland❣️🇮🇸
Glad you liked it, and thank you so much :)
I'll be visiting Iceland in a couple of weeks and both this video and the one with the basic phrases have been extremely helpful to learn some useful phrases and understand the correct pronunciation. Nice video and takk!
Glad it was helpful Miguel, and hope you have a good visit!
I’d love to see more videos about your daily life in Iceland. Please show us your neighborhood, around your city, the cafes…
Thank you for sharing!!
Great idea. Thanks for stopping by, and I will do :)
@@ivargu I really enjoy your videos. You bring Iceland closer. One day I’ll be there to see everything with my own eyes. Thank you!!
This is great! This should help some when I am visiting in a few weeks. Reading the words scared me a little, but some of it sounds close to Swedish, which i have a basic grasp of. Thank you!
Glad it was of help, and there are definitely similarities with Swedish as the nordic languages all share a similar foundation. :)
This is excellent! I like trying to learn some basic words when visiting a country. Thank you for this. By the way did I miss ‘good morning’?
Excellent question! We make no distinction between morning/afternoon in that sense, so "góðan dag" (good day) is used from dusk till dawn.
Great video again, thank you for teaching casual speak and sharing useful vocabulary.
Takk!
Very helpful and atmospheric :)
Spasibo again! Glad you liked it :)
In greek language the eg is ego.
and a word (I imagine there are others, my aim was to find at least one) that no other Indo-European people use except the Greeks and today's Icelanders. It is the word bapt, from which comes baptize and davafo and means "to dip" (in the case of davato, I dip the brush into the paint). Icelanders have it Kafa from vafo > vafa > kafa again with the meaning of complete immersion. Only in contact with the Greeks could they have words that other intermediate peoples do not have.
Im greek varryag ,my anchestors is a vikings guardians of byzantine emperor.
In my village betwwen 9-14 century lives 2000 varryags guardians
takk takk
Gagnlegur, takk. :)
How would you call out to a relative or a friend in Icelandic that’s in the next room over to “come eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner?” Also what is the equivalent to “let’s eat!” and “cheers!”?
On the calling out to someone you're likely saying just "matur!" which literally means "food", but also implies; "mealtime!". Generally there isn't a distinction made between what type of meal it is (breakfast, lunch, dinner) as the context will be self-evident. You could alternatively say something like "það er kominn matur!" (e. it's mealtime), or "komdu að borða!" (e. come have a meal).
If you want to specify the different mealtimes you are basically just saying "morgunmatur" (e. morningmeal), "hádegismatur" (e. noon-meal), or "kvöldmatur" (evening-meal).
Let's eat can be; "komdu að borða" (come eat/have a meal), or could be phrased as a question; "eigum við að borða?" (shall we eat?)
Cheers in icelandic is "Skál!" pronounced almost exactly like the english word "scowl".
@@ivargu Thank you so much!!
After this video my level is surely B1, takk
These people have a talented tongue 😳
Icelandic for Bathroom sounds like “closet” which I imagine is “water closet” which is Brit for bathroom.
I believe that indeed is the origin of the word, an adaptation of a foreign term for this miraculous contraption :)
@@ivargu :)
Bathroom is 'baðherbergi' NOT 'klósett'. 'klósett' means toilet, and 'salerni' means restroom.
klósett is an interesting word, where as 'kló' is equivalent to sewer and 'sett' being as pair or something
Skrevet er det meget tæt på dansk eller norsk. Hvad hedder du...jeg hedder...hvad sagde du...hvad koster dette....etc. Men hvordan det udtales er meget forskelligt.
tak tak
moss glamour shots 🤤
Hi, if Icelandic doesn't have the "please" word, then what does "vinsamlegast" mean?🤔
That is a fair point. "Vinsamlegast" is definitely a rather close match, literally meaning "kindly". It isn't used the same way though in spoken language as "please" in english. In my mind it's use is - yes more polite - but also conveys a sense of passive aggression. But perhaps that is just my twisted mind ;)
@@ivargu takk fyrir for explaining 😊
I've noticed in words that start with "hva-" it usually sounds more like "kra". is this the correct way of pronouncing it? or is it just a result of saying it fast? takk!
Interesting you ask, because I am actually just putting together a video on the strange sounds of the icelandic language :) but you are absolutely right, the majority of the population pronounces "hv" as "kv".
Hæ! Takk fyrir og bless bless!
After I've watched god of war ragnarok I'm 100% sure I wanna sound like a goddamn norse god
I'm from Bangladesh and I've been incredibly interested in learning the Icelandic language and literature. What would be the best way for me to learn the language all the way from here?
There is a facebook group called "Icelandic learners - læra íslensku!" which I think is a good start. People there are sharing reference to learning materials, and there are some proper teachers on there as well.
Its so hard💔
This has nothing to do with this topic, but I found out Ivar 'Pop' Coulson invented the malted milk shake. Not too many people named Ivar.
:D That's something I'll need to try now. I tried eating at Ivar's Seafood at the airport in Seattle once, so I've already started the journey of sampling foods connected to my name ;)
Petta reddast is the equivalent to "hakuna matata" ha,ha,ha
Rätt likt svenska.
Please, væri það ekki bara Vinsamlegast, en auðvitað ekki notað í Yes Please.
Svar við hvað segirðu geta verið svo mörg, Ágætt er líka mjög algengt, Sæmliegur, Góður á meðan við fyrri störf og aldur er sennilega skemmtilegasta að mínu mati allanvega
Klósettið er huganslega einfaldara en baðherbyggi er líka rétt og nær Bathroom og beinþýðist á sama hatt.
Bathroom is 'baðherbergi' NOT 'klósett'. 'klósett' means toilet, and 'salerni' means restroom.
Indeed, that is more technically accurate.
"Hvar er klósettið?" literally means "Where is the toilet?". No "bathrooms" involved. You simply need to pee or crap, not take a bath.
Indeed, as Ólafur also properly pointed out.
HÖRA
"höra" (swedish) = "hear" (english) = "heyra" (icelandic)
If you were an American this vid would be banned and censored as wraycist.
I'd love if you could point me to specifics, so that I may improve.
takk takk