There are at least 3 different ways to express the concept of “know” in Icelandic, each has a slightly different nuance:<\/p>\n
The verb vita<\/strong> is used to express knowledge of a fact, as in:<\/p>\n \u00c9g veit \u00fea\u00f0 ekki.<\/strong> – I don’t know. The verb kunna<\/strong> is used for knowing how to do something, or have the ability to do something:<\/p>\n \u00c9g kann \u00edslensku.<\/strong> – I know Icelandic. \u00feekkja<\/strong> is used to express familiarity. This can be with a person, a city, a book, etc:<\/p>\n \u00c9g \u00feekki hana.<\/strong> – I know her. So now you know \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are at least 3 different ways to express the concept of “know” in Icelandic, each has a slightly different…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1600,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/1600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00feau vita a\u00f0 hann f\u00f3r heim.<\/strong> – They know he went home.
\nVi\u00f0 vissum ekki af veislunni.<\/strong> – We didn’t know about the party.<\/p>\n\n
\n vita v (acc) – know<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/th>\n present<\/th>\n past<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00e9g<\/th>\n veit<\/td>\n vissi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\n veist<\/td>\n vissir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\n veit<\/td>\n vissi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n vi\u00f0<\/th>\n vitum<\/td>\n vissum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\n viti\u00f0<\/td>\n vissu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00feau<\/th>\n vita<\/td>\n vissu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
\n\u00de\u00fa kannt ekki a\u00f0 dansa.<\/strong> – You don’t know how to dance.
\nHann kunni ekki a\u00f0 gera \u00fea\u00f0.<\/strong> – He didn’t know how to do that.<\/p>\n\n
\n kunna v (acc\/dat) – know<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/th>\n present<\/th>\n past<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00e9g<\/th>\n kann<\/td>\n kunni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\n kannt<\/td>\n kunnir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\n kann<\/td>\n kunni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n vi\u00f0<\/th>\n kunnum<\/td>\n kunnum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\n kunni\u00f0<\/td>\n kunnu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00feau<\/th>\n kunna<\/td>\n kunnu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
\nVi\u00f0 \u00feekkjum \u00cdsland mj\u00f6g v\u00e9l.<\/strong> – We know Iceland very well.
\n\u00deeir \u00feekktu hann \u00ed h\u00e1sk\u00f3la.<\/strong> – They knew him in college.<\/p>\n\n
\n \u00feekk\/ja v (acc) – know<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/th>\n present<\/th>\n past<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00e9g<\/th>\n \u00feekki<\/td>\n \u00feekkti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\n \u00feekkir<\/td>\n \u00feekktir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\n \u00feekkir<\/td>\n \u00feekkti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n vi\u00f0<\/th>\n \u00feekkjum<\/td>\n \u00feekktum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\n \u00feekki\u00f0<\/td>\n \u00feekktu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00feau<\/th>\n \u00feekkja<\/td>\n \u00feekktu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n