Archive for the ‘Icelandic’ Category
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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…
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This, That And The Other
08 Apr 2013When you need to answer the question which one?, your best friend is the demonstrative pronoun. In Icelandic, this means…
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Not Good Enough
05 Apr 2013Not one of the 18 entries in this year’s children’s book competition in Iceland was worthy of consideration, according to…
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Sunny Reykjavik
04 Apr 2013It sounds like last month was the sunniest March in over a decade, according to this article on Vísir. There…
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That Reminds Me
03 Apr 2013In this post I’m going to look at expressing the ideas of memory, remembrance and reminding in Icelandic. Sometimes it’s…
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Iceland Moves To Bitcoin
01 Apr 2013As reported in several stories on RÚV today, Iceland has announced plans to move its monetary standard to one backed…
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House And Home
29 Mar 2013Earlier this week RÚV reported on the sale of the Gamla bíó building on Ingólfsstræti, which was one of the…