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From R\u00daV<\/a> comes a brief story about a young girl who claims to have taught her horse how to count and add. Now I have no idea whether this horse can really do math, or if it is just another ‘Clever Hans<\/a>‘ case, but I did like how short the story was and thought it would make a great beginner lesson. <\/p>\n There is also a video clip from the news broadcast to go with the report, so read the text and then watch and listen. It’s a good way to reinforce what you are learning; see which words from the text you can recognize in the video. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n The story begins with:<\/p>\n “\u00dea\u00f0 er \u00fdmsu skr\u00f6kva\u00f0 upp \u00e1 Hafnfir\u00f0inga, en \u00fea\u00f0 er engin lygi a\u00f0 \u00fear \u00ed b\u00e6 b\u00fdr g\u00e1fa\u00f0ur hestur.”<\/strong><\/p>\n “There are various things lied about up in Hafnfir\u00f0ingur, but it is no lie that an intelligent horse live in this town.”<\/em><\/p>\n I’m not exactly sure what the difference is between the two verbs for “to lie” – skr\u00f6kva<\/strong>, as in the text, and lj\u00faga<\/strong>. Possibly skr\u00f6kva<\/strong> is a bit milder?<\/p>\n The verb a\u00f0 telja<\/strong> is used, among other things, for counting:<\/p>\n \u00c9g kann a\u00f0 telja upp a\u00f0 t\u00edu.<\/strong> – I can count up to ten.<\/p>\n\n
\n a\u00f0 telja – to count<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/th>\n present<\/th>\n past<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00e9g<\/th>\n tel<\/td>\n taldi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\n telur<\/td>\n taldir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\n telur<\/td>\n taldi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n vi\u00f0<\/th>\n teljum<\/td>\n t\u00f6ldum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\n telji\u00f0<\/td>\n t\u00f6ldu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00feau<\/th>\n telja<\/td>\n t\u00f6ldu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n