{"id":1350,"date":"2013-03-26T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2013-03-27T04:04:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T04:04:19","slug":"hekla-just-wants-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/hekla-just-wants-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Hekla Just Wants Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"volcano\"<\/p>\n

In today’s news, Hekla seems to be rumbling again<\/a> as reported by R\u00daV and others. Volcanoes are just a fact of life in Iceland, and people don’t seem to get too worked up about it. You do the best you can to prepare for it, and get out of the way when nature takes her inevitable course.<\/p>\n

There’s a lot in this news story, and I ended up looking up many of the words, which I’m happy to share with you to save you some time \ud83d\ude42 Let’s look at some of the more interesting phrases:<\/p>\n

“…ekkert hafa komi\u00f0 fram sem bendi til \u00feess a\u00f0 eldgos s\u00e9 a\u00f0 hefjast”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“…nothing has happened to indicate that an eruption is beginning…”<\/em><\/p>\n

benda til \u00feess a\u00f0<\/strong> comes up fairly frequently, from the verb a\u00f0 benda<\/strong>, which by itself just means to show or point something out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 benda – to show, point at<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nbendi<\/td>\nbenti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nbendir<\/td>\nbentir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nbendir<\/td>\nbenti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nbendum<\/td>\nbentum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nbendi\u00f0<\/td>\nbentu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nbenda<\/td>\nbentu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

In the text it appears in the subjunctive form bendi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Hann segir a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 tilt\u00f6lulega n\u00fdtt fyrirb\u00e6ri a\u00f0 svona miki\u00f0 af skj\u00e1lftum m\u00e6list vi\u00f0 Heklu og yfir \u00fev\u00ed liggja v\u00edsindamenn.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“He says that it is a relatively new phenomenon for so many tremors to be measured at Hekla, and scientists are grappling with that.”<\/em><\/p>\n

In this sentence liggja yfir<\/strong> stood out; liggja<\/strong> generally just means lie\/stand<\/em>, but with yfir + dative<\/strong> it expresses working hard at something.<\/p>\n

The last paragraph:<\/p>\n

“V\u00ed\u00f0ir segir a\u00f0 einhverjir fer\u00f0amenn hafi veri\u00f0 \u00ed n\u00e1grenni vi\u00f0 Heklu en ekki \u00e1 fjallinu sj\u00e1lfu. Hann varar vi\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk gangi \u00e1 fjalli\u00f0 eins og sta\u00f0an s\u00e9 n\u00fana. Hekla hefur gosi\u00f0 fj\u00f3rum sinnum s\u00ed\u00f0an 1970.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“V\u00ed\u00f0ir says that some tourists have been in the vicinity of Hekla but not on the mountain itself. He advises against people hiking on the mountain as things currently stand. Hekla has erupted four times since 1970.”<\/em><\/p>\n

You could also translate eins og sta\u00f0an s\u00e9 n\u00fana<\/strong> as in the present situation<\/em> I think.<\/p>\n

There are a couple of conjugations of vara<\/strong>, the one that means warn<\/em> as in this excerpt is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 vara – to warn<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nvara<\/td>\nvara\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nvarar<\/td>\nvara\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nvarar<\/td>\nvara\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nv\u00f6rum<\/td>\nv\u00f6ru\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nvari\u00f0<\/td>\nv\u00f6ru\u00f0u\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nvara<\/td>\nv\u00f6ru\u00f0u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Here we see it used as vara vi\u00f0 + dative<\/strong>, to warn about something.<\/p>\n

And a ton of vocabulary to help \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\r\njar\u00f0\u00b7skj\u00e1lft\/i m (-a,-ar)\tearthquake\r\ndeildar\u00b7stj\u00f3r\/i m (-a,-ar)\thead of department\r\nalmanna\u00b7varnir f pl\t\tcivil defense\r\nkoma fram\t\t\tappear, happen\r\nben\/da v (-ti,-t)\t\tshow, indicate\r\neld\u00b7gos n (-s,-)\t\teruption\r\nhefja v (acc\/gen)\t\tbegin, commence\r\ntilt\u00f6lu\u00b7lega adv\t\trelatively\r\nfyrir\u00b7b\u00e6ri n (-s,-)\t\tphenomenon\r\nskj\u00e1lft\/i m (-a,-ar)\t\tshaking, tremor\r\nm\u00e6l\/a v (acc) (-di,-t)\t\tmeasure, survey\r\nliggja yfir + dative\t\twork hard at, grapple with\r\nv\u00edsinda\/ma\u00f0ur m (-manns,-menn)\tscientist\r\n\r\nmuna v (acc)\t\t\tremember\r\nvi\u00f0\/v\u00f6run f (-v\u00f6runar,-varanir)\twarning\r\nskamm\/ur adj (f sk\u00f6mm)\t\tshort, brief\r\nfyrir\u00b7var\/i m (-a, -ar)\t\tnotice\r\nr\u00e1\u00f0\/st\u00f6fun f\t\t\tmeasure\r\n\u00f3\u00b7vissustig n (-s,-)\t\tlevel of uncertainty\r\nfyrst og fremst\t\t\tabove all\r\neftir\u00b7lit n (-s)\t\tobservation, supervision\r\nsam\u00b7skipti n pl\t\t\trelations\r\nsam\u00b7starf n (-s)\t\tcooperation, collaboration\r\na\u00f0il\/i m\t\t\tparty (in an issue)\r\n<\/pre>\n
The middle paragraph is probably the hardest, so take your time with it and have fun \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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