Posts Tagged with ‘beginner’
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Wanted: Mayor
30 Oct 2013Reykjavík mayor Jón Gnarr announced today that he won’t seek reelection, which will bring to an end one of the…
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The Damage Is Done
25 Oct 2013I recently encountered an expression that seems like it would be pretty common, but in almost two years of study…
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Better Icelandic Through Chemistry
07 Oct 2013Even if chemistry was never your best subject, some knowledge of the elements and their names will come up while…
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Welding
01 Oct 2013I love when a single word takes me off on a tangent, and one word leads to another, but in…
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Accident On Miklabraut
02 Aug 2013A short article about a minor traffic accident near the Kringlan mall in Reykjavik yesterday contained several interesting vocabulary words.…
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Over And Above
01 Aug 2013I’m not sure if it’s just more evidence of the extent of my Icelandic derangement, or simply a normal thing…
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What The Heck Are Cases?
08 Jul 2013I know I’ve been guilty of neglecting beginners in Icelandic lately, most of the things I post are probably geared…
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Not Much Sun In June
01 Jul 2013I think this is the third weather-related post along the lines of “coldest this” or “warmest that”…they seem to come…
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This Pizza Tastes Like Cardboard
19 Jun 2013It’s not always easy to find short, simple news stories that can be tackled at a beginner level, but this…
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Row Your Boat
10 Jun 2013Four men are rowing from Norway to Iceland, with stops in the Orkney and Faroe Islands. It is not known…