Archive for April, 2013
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I Command You
29 Apr 2013Sometimes you just need to tell someone what to do, and in those cases knowing how to form the imperative…
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Sumardagurinn fyrsti
25 Apr 2013Sumardagurinn fyrsti is celebrated as the first day of summer in Iceland, a tradition dating back to the use of…
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If You Don’t Like The Weather…
24 Apr 2013If you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes 🙂 They say this in many places, but here’s some…
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Elections In Iceland
22 Apr 2013The Icelandic parliament is called the Alþingi, and dates back to the year 930, not long after the settling of…
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Unusual View On Reykjavík
19 Apr 2013This short article from RÚV tells of a window washer who also happens to be an amateur photographer, and as…
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Ölgerðin
18 Apr 2013The Icelandic brewing company Ölgerðin celebrated its 100th anniversary yesterday, according to this article on RÚV. It relates a brief…
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Flytja, Flýta, Fljóta
17 Apr 2013In this post we’ll look at 3 verbs that have similar appearances in their various conjugated forms, and can sometimes…
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To Live
15 Apr 2013In this post we’ll examine a common verb that you encounter early on in studying Icelandic, or any language for…
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Eagles Rebuild Nest
11 Apr 2013This article on Vísir relates news of a pair of eagles that have come back to a nesting ground on…
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Bad Kitty
09 Apr 2013I have a hard time passing up a story about a cat, especially one named Boris Yeltsin 🙂 It seems…