{"id":1302,"date":"2013-03-24T19:37:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T19:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2013-03-24T19:37:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T19:37:42","slug":"just-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/just-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Do It"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"volleyball\"<\/p>\n

From the world of Icelandic volleyball comes a story<\/a> about a coach’s inspirational talk which apparently woke her team up and motivated them enough that they went on to win. Elsa S\u00e6n\u00fd Valgeirsd\u00f3ttir, coach of the men’s volleyball team for HK (Handknattleiksf\u00e9lag K\u00f3pavogs<\/strong>), took a timeout in the third set to basically tell her boys how disgusting it was to watch them play after they were losing 2-1. It must have worked, because they went on to win the next two sets and finally the game. For us, we get some new words to learn \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

“Vi\u00f0bj\u00f3\u00f0ur a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 ykkur spila…”<\/strong> – “It’s disgusting to see you play…”<\/p>\n

“Elsa S\u00e6n\u00fd Valgeirsd\u00f3ttir, \u00fej\u00e1lfari karlali\u00f0s HK \u00ed blaki, stal algj\u00f6rlega senunni \u00feegar li\u00f0 hennar var\u00f0 bikarmeistari \u00ed blaki eftir 3-2 sigur \u00e1 Stj\u00f6rnunni.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Elsa S\u00e6n\u00fd Valgeirsd\u00f3ttir, coach of the HK men’s volleyball team, completely stole the show when her team won the cup after a 3-2 victory over Stjarnan.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The expression “steal the show” uses the word for scene<\/em> – sena<\/strong> – and of course the verb for steal<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 stela v (dat) – to steal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nstel<\/td>\nstal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nstelur<\/td>\nstalst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nstelur<\/td>\nstal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nstelum<\/td>\nst\u00e1lum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nsteli\u00f0<\/td>\nst\u00e1lu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nstela<\/td>\nst\u00e1lu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Since stela<\/strong> takes the dative, we see sena<\/strong> in the form senunni<\/strong> – dative singular with definite article.<\/p>\n

Elsa let’s her team have it during the timeout, starting with:<\/p>\n

“Hva\u00f0 \u00ed andskotanum eru \u00fei\u00f0 a\u00f0 gera. Eru\u00f0 \u00fei\u00f0 virkilega svona hr\u00e6ddir vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 vera h\u00e9rna og \u00e6tla a\u00f0 vinna…”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“What the hell are you you doing? Are you really so afraid of being here and having to win?”<\/em><\/p>\n

There are several emphatic adverbs in the story, which makes sense given the intensity:<\/p>\n

\r\nvirki\u00b7lega adv\t\t\treally\r\ngj\u00f6r\u00b7samlega adv\t\tcompletely\r\ngreini\u00b7lega adv\t\t\tclearly\r\n<\/pre>\n
HK woke up after their pep talk; we see the verb twice in the last paragraph:<\/p>\n
“HK-menn v\u00f6knu\u00f0u eftir \u00ferumur\u00e6\u00f0u fr\u00e1 Elsu en li\u00f0i\u00f0 var n\u00e1nast b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 tapa hrinunni \u00feegar h\u00e9r var komi\u00f0 vi\u00f0 s\u00f6gu. Sta\u00f0an eftir \u00feri\u00f0ju hrinu var 1-2 fyrir Stj\u00f6rnunni en r\u00e6\u00f0a Elsu hefur greinilega vaki\u00f0 K\u00f3pavogsmenn til l\u00edfisins \u00fev\u00ed \u00feeir unnu n\u00e6stu tv\u00e6r hrinur og ur\u00f0u bikarmeistarar.”<\/strong><\/p>\n
“HK woke up after the thunderous speech from Elsa, but the team was on the verge of losing the set when we come to our story. The score after the third set was 1-2 in favor of Stjarnan, but Elsa’s speech had clearly brought the men from K\u00f3pavogur back to life, as they won the next two sets and became the champions.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 vakna – to wake up<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nvakna<\/td>\nvakna\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nvaknar<\/td>\nvakna\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nvaknar<\/td>\nvakna\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nv\u00f6knum<\/td>\nv\u00f6knu\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nvakni\u00f0<\/td>\nv\u00f6knu\u00f0u\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nvakna<\/td>\nv\u00f6knu\u00f0u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
Vocabulary:<\/p>\n
\r\nvi\u00f0\u00b7bj\u00f3\u00f0\/ur m (-s)\t\tdisgust, loathing\r\n\u00fej\u00e1lfar\/i m ( -a, -ar)\t\ttrainer, coach\r\nblak n (-s)\t\t\tvolleyball\r\nbikar m (-s, -ar)\t\tcup (prize)\r\nleikhl\u00e9 n (-s, -)\t\ttimeout\r\nhrin\/a f (-u, -ur)\t\tset (tennis, volleyball)\r\nvor\u00b7kenn\/a v (dat) (-di, -t)\tpity\r\n\u00ferum\/a f (-u, -ur)\t\tthunder\r\ntap\/a v (dat) (-a\u00f0i)\t\tlose\r\nr\u00e6\u00f0\/a f (-u, -ur)\t\tspeech\r\n<\/pre>\n
You can watch the video<\/a> of Elsa at R\u00daV as well \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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