{"id":3189,"date":"2013-07-02T20:56:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T20:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2013-07-02T21:24:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T21:24:41","slug":"giant-icelandic-eggplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/giant-icelandic-eggplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Icelandic Eggplant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Icelandic family recently harvested a monster 5 kilo eggplant from their summer home near \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. The mother posted the picture on Facebook and received quite a big reaction, with some people not believing it was real, and possibly a fake done with Photoshop.<\/p>\n

The family grows many different fruits and vegetables in their heated greenhouse, and tries to grow a new type of plant every year. So far they haven’t been able to bring themselves to cut up the eggplant \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

* After making this post R\u00daV updated the original story to remove references to it being an eggplant, so yes, it’s a squash. Sorry!<\/p>\n

Risavaxinn k\u00farb\u00edtur \u00ed Sk\u00f6tufir\u00f0i<\/strong><\/a>
\nGigantic squash in Sk\u00f6tufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/strong><\/p>\n

Risavaxinn k\u00farb\u00edtur ger\u00f0i Lilju D\u00f3ru Har\u00f0ard\u00f3ttur og fj\u00f6lskyldu heldur hissa \u00feegar \u00feau voru vi\u00f0 uppskeru \u00ed sumarh\u00fasi s\u00ednu \u00e1 Borg \u00ed Sk\u00f6tufir\u00f0i vi\u00f0 \u00cdsafjar\u00f0ardj\u00fap \u00e1 d\u00f6gunum. Fj\u00f6lskyldan r\u00e6ktar \u00fear gr\u00e6nmeti og \u00e1vexti \u00ed gr\u00f3\u00f0urh\u00fasi og uppskar t\u00e6plega fimm k\u00edl\u00f3a eggaldin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A gigantic squash astonished Lilja D\u00f3ra Har\u00f0ard\u00f3ttur and her family when they were harvesting at their summer house at Borg in Sk\u00f6tufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur near \u00cdsafjar\u00f0ardj\u00fap recently. The family grows fruits and vegetables there in a greenhouse and harvested a nearly 5 kilo eggplant.<\/em><\/p>\n

The phrase a\u00f0 gera hissa<\/strong> means to surprise\/astonish (someone)<\/em>. In this paragraph both the verb for harvest<\/em> as well as its noun form are present with uppskera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 uppskera – to harvest<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nuppsker<\/td>\nuppskar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nuppsker\u00f0<\/td>\nuppskarst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nuppsker<\/td>\nuppskar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nuppskerum<\/td>\nuppsk\u00e1rum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nuppskeri\u00f0<\/td>\nuppsk\u00e1ru\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nuppskera<\/td>\nuppsk\u00e1ru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 r\u00e6kta – to grow<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nr\u00e6kta<\/td>\nr\u00e6kta\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nr\u00e6ktar<\/td>\nr\u00e6kta\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nr\u00e6ktar<\/td>\nr\u00e6kta\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nr\u00e6ktum<\/td>\nr\u00e6ktu\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nr\u00e6kti\u00f0<\/td>\nr\u00e6ktu\u00f0u\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nr\u00e6kta<\/td>\nr\u00e6ktu\u00f0u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

\u00deetta kemur fram \u00e1 vef B\u00e6jarins Bestu. Lilja D\u00f3ra segir \u00ed samtali vi\u00f0 fr\u00e9ttastofu R\u00edkis\u00fatvarpsins a\u00f0 hana hafi ekki \u00f3ra\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 myndin sem h\u00fan deildi \u00e1 Facebook af d\u00f3ttur sinni, Birnu, me\u00f0 gr\u00e6nmeti\u00f0 myndi vekja svo mikil vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0. Margir hafi tali\u00f0 a\u00f0 um t\u00f6fra myndvinnsluforritsins Photoshop v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a. N\u00fa b\u00ed\u00f0ur k\u00farb\u00edturinn \u00ed \u00edssk\u00e1p fj\u00f6lskyldunnar en a\u00f0 s\u00f6gn Lilju D\u00f3ru t\u00edmir enginn \u00ed fj\u00f6lskyldunni a\u00f0 skera \u00fea\u00f0.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was reported on the web site B\u00e6jarins Besta<\/a>. Lilja D\u00f3ra says in an interview with R\u00daV that she never imagined that the picture that she shared on her Facebook page of her daughter Birna with the vegetable would get such a huge reaction. Many thought it was faked using Photoshop. Now the squash waits in the family’s refrigerator, and according to Lilja Dora nobody can bring themselves to cut it up.<\/em><\/p>\n

The verb a\u00f0 \u00f3ra<\/strong> is used in impersonal expressions and takes the accusative, which is why hana<\/strong> is used in hana hafi ekki \u00f3ra\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0<\/strong>. Although fyrir a\u00f0<\/strong> is used here, it can also be followed by a noun in the dative, or an expression with \u00fev\u00ed<\/strong> (\u00fea\u00f0<\/strong> in the dative). The example sentence given on the B\u00cdN<\/a> site is Mig \u00f3ra\u00f0i ekki fyrir \u00feessum erfi\u00f0leikum<\/strong> – I never imagined these difficulties<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Gr\u00f3\u00f0urh\u00fasi\u00f0 er um 100 fermetra plasth\u00fas sem hita\u00f0 er upp me\u00f0 bl\u00e1sara og heitavatnsr\u00f6rum sem lag\u00f0ar eru undir moldina. \u201e\u00dea\u00f0 er \u00f3tr\u00falegt hva\u00f0 h\u00e6gt er a\u00f0 r\u00e6kta nor\u00f0ur \u00e1 hjara me\u00f0 sm\u00e1 fyrirhyggju.\u201c segir Lilja. Auk \u00feess a\u00f0 r\u00e6kta k\u00farb\u00edt r\u00e6ktar fj\u00f6lskyldan g\u00farkur, t\u00f3mata, epli, v\u00ednber, baunir, jar\u00f0arber, papriku, salat og kryddjurtir en a\u00f0eins til einkanota. H\u00fan segir a\u00f0 fj\u00f6lskyldan prufi n\u00fdjar tegundir \u00e1 hverju \u00e1ri s\u00e9r til skemmtunar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The greenhouse is a 100 square meter plexiglass house heated with fans and hot water pipes under the ground. “It is unbelievable how it is possible to grow so far north with a just a little forethought,” says Lilja. Besides growing squash the family grows cucumbers, tomatoes, apples, grapes, peas, strawberries, paprika, lettuce and spice plants, but only for their own use. She says that the family tries a new kind every year for fun.<\/em><\/p>\n

There’s a nice list of fruits and vegetables that you normally only find in a beginning Icelandic textbook \ud83d\ude42 I translated paprika<\/strong> as pepper<\/em>, since I don’t think you actually grow paprika, but rather the peppers that you make it out of. But maybe it should be paprika.<\/p>\n

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