Posts under ‘Learning Icelandic’

Last Friday was great fun. I went to the conference and was suprised at how much I understood about child health and nutrition in Icelandic. In the afternoon I did arts and crafts with my collegue Dísa, which was good. She said I had a flare for art and asked me if I would like [...]

Stundum (sometimes), it is really hard work talking to people who speak a different language. Even if they speak great English there is always a case of being misunderstood or not understood at all. For example – ´Wow, it´s raining cats and dogs!´ – That is a phrase people dont understand. When you come to explain [...]

Look at the ones I have highlighted Made us laugh! English Íslenska (Icelandic)     Hello Halló, Góðan dag(inn) Sæll (>m) Sæl (>f) How are you? I’m fine. Hvað segir þú? Hvernig hefur þú það? Allt gott, Allt fínt, Allt ágætt ,Bara fínt Long time no see Langt síðan við höfum sést What’s your name? [...]

I love my job it is sooo sooo good! It tires me out completly but thats good too! The people I work with are lovely and I have made a good friend in Gabriella. She has invited me round on Thursday night to watch Desperate Housewives Her boyfriend is also really nice and the four [...]

Hæ, Hæ! Ég heiti Rhiannon. Hvað segir þú? Ég er bara allt gott! Ég er frá Bretlandi. Ég kom til Íslands arið tvö þusand og átta. Ég á afæmli þrettánda Mars. Ég er að vinna á leikskóla. Ég ætla að fara til Reykjavíkur á fösturdaginn (á morgun). Ég kann bara pínulítið í Íslensku. Æfingin skapar [...]

Last night we had our Icelandic course. No one said learning a new language is easy…but this is hard! Icelandic has barely changed since it first evolved thousands of years ago. I think I am doing okay…not fantastically, but getting there. Last night, however, everyone in the class was stumped. For example: The numbers 1-4 [...]

Last night we went to our Icelandic course. It was interesting…There were 10 people from France, Poland, Germany and Chile. Our teacher is a nice man, but unfortunatly didnt speak english very well. He spoke Icelandic for the majority of the time. It was hilarious! The girl i sat next to was from Poland and [...]