{"id":4871,"date":"2014-07-28T03:04:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T03:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=4871"},"modified":"2014-07-28T03:04:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T03:04:39","slug":"counting-seals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/counting-seals\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting Seals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telja seli vi\u00f0 H\u00fanafl\u00f3a<\/strong><\/a>
\nCounting seals at H\u00fanafl\u00f3i<\/strong><\/p>\n

R\u00edflega 30 manns, mestmegnis sj\u00e1lfbo\u00f0ali\u00f0ar, eru \u00f6nnum kafnir vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 telja seli vi\u00f0 Vatnsnes og Heggsta\u00f0arnes vi\u00f0 H\u00fanafl\u00f3a.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 30 people, mostly volunteers, are busy counting seals at Vatnsnes<\/a> and Heggsta\u00f0arnes in H\u00fanafl\u00f3i<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 telja – to count<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\ntel<\/td>\ntaldi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\ntelur<\/td>\ntaldir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\ntelur<\/td>\ntaldi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nteljum<\/td>\nt\u00f6ldum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\ntelji\u00f0<\/td>\nt\u00f6ldu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\ntelja<\/td>\nt\u00f6ldu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00f6nn (f) – work<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\n\u00f6nn<\/td>\nannir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\n\u00f6nn<\/td>\nannir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\n\u00f6nn<\/td>\n\u00f6nnum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nannar<\/td>\nanna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The word for volunteer<\/em> is fun to dissect…sj\u00e1lf<\/strong> (self<\/em>) bo\u00f0a<\/strong> (from bj\u00f3\u00f0a<\/strong>, to offer<\/em>) li\u00f0i<\/strong> (member of a group<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The phrase a\u00f0 vera \u00f6nnum kafinn vi\u00f0<\/strong> has popped up every now and then. I think the reason for the dative is that it’s one of those instances where the dative is used like an instrumental case. It generally imparts the meaning of with<\/em> something, or by means of<\/em> something. Here it’s literally buried with\/under<\/em> work.<\/p>\n

Unnur Valborg Hilmarsd\u00f3ttir framkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri Selaseturs \u00cdslands \u00e1 Hvammstanga segir a\u00f0 h\u00f3purinn hafi fari\u00f0 \u00fat a\u00f0 telja um mi\u00f0jan dag, \u00fev\u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0degis hafi veri\u00f0 st\u00f3rstreymisfjara og \u00fe\u00e1 s\u00e9 best a\u00f0 koma auga \u00e1 selina. \u00cd fyrra voru taldir \u00e1 milli sex og sj\u00f6 hundru\u00f0 selir, en taldir hafa veri\u00f0 allt a\u00f0 1000 selum \u00e1 \u00feessum sl\u00f3\u00f0um. Ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur \u00far talningunni \u00ed dag ver\u00f0a lj\u00f3sar \u00e1 n\u00e6stu d\u00f6gum.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unnur Valborg Hilmarsd\u00f3ttir, director of the Icelandic Seal Center<\/a> in Hvammstangi<\/a>, says the group went out to count around midday, as it would be a spring tide in the afternoon, the best time to see seals. Last year between six and seven hundred seals were counted, but as many as 1000 seals have been counted in this area. Results from the today’s count will be released in the coming days.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
selur (m) – seal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nselur<\/td>\nselir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nsel<\/td>\nseli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nsel<\/td>\nselum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nsels<\/td>\nsela<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
sl\u00f3\u00f0 (f) – path; pl. area<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nsl\u00f3\u00f0<\/td>\nsl\u00f3\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nsl\u00f3\u00f0<\/td>\nsl\u00f3\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nsl\u00f3\u00f0<\/td>\nsl\u00f3\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nsl\u00f3\u00f0ar<\/td>\nsl\u00f3\u00f0a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Not only did I get to learn new Icelandic words, but also learned about spring and neap tides \ud83d\ude42 Apparently a spring tide is when there is a full moon or new moon, and the tides are even higher\/lower than normal due to the combined pull of the moon and sun. A neap tide occurs during the moon’s quarter phases, when the effect is minimal due to the sun and mood being at right angles to one another.<\/p>\n

\r\nr\u00edf\u00b7legur adj             ample, generous\r\nmest\u00b7megnis adv           for the most part\r\nsj\u00e1lfbo\u00f0a\u00b7li\u00f0i m          volunteer\r\n\u00f6nn f                     work\r\nframkv\u00e6mda\u00b7stj\u00f3ri m       manager, director\r\nst\u00f3r\u00b7straumur m           spring tide\r\nkoma auga \u00e1               catch sight of, notice\r\nsl\u00f3\u00f0 f                    path, trail; pl area, region\r\nni\u00f0ursta\u00f0a f              result, outcome, conclusion\r\nsj\u00e1var\u00b7f\u00f6ll n pl          tide\r\nsm\u00e1\u00b7streymi n             neap tide\r\n<\/pre>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Telja seli vi\u00f0 H\u00fanafl\u00f3a Counting seals at H\u00fanafl\u00f3i R\u00edflega 30 manns, mestmegnis sj\u00e1lfbo\u00f0ali\u00f0ar, eru \u00f6nnum kafnir vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 telja seli…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4871"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4878,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4871\/revisions\/4878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}