{"id":3251,"date":"2013-07-04T16:08:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T16:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2013-07-04T21:21:36","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T21:21:36","slug":"almost-two-sheep-per-icelander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/almost-two-sheep-per-icelander\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Two Sheep Per Icelander"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sheep\"<\/p>\n

Data released by the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority<\/a> show that there are approximately 1.5 sheep for every Icelander in the country. According to the numbers collected, almost half a million sheep are registered in Iceland, which has a population of around 320,000.<\/p>\n

Ein og h\u00e1lf kind \u00e1 hvern \u00cdslending<\/strong><\/a>
\nOne and a half sheep for every Icelander<\/strong><\/p>\n

R\u00famlega 476 \u00fe\u00fasund fj\u00e1r var skr\u00e1\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00cdslandi \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0asta \u00e1ri samkv\u00e6mt t\u00f6lum Matv\u00e6lastofnunar. \u00deetta er um ein og h\u00e1lf kind \u00e1 hvern \u00cdslending. Langmest af sau\u00f0f\u00e9 er skr\u00e1\u00f0 \u00e1 Nor\u00f0urlandi vestra e\u00f0a r\u00famlega 106 \u00fe\u00fasund. F\u00e6st er sau\u00f0f\u00e9\u00f0 hins vegar \u00e1 Reykjanessv\u00e6\u00f0inu, t\u00e6plega 5.000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 476 thousand sheep were registered in Iceland last year according to data from the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority. That is around one and a half sheep for every Icelander. Most of the sheep are registered in northwest Iceland, or just over 106 thousand. The fewest sheep on the other hand are in the Reykjanes area, nearly 5,000.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think this paragraph contains all 3 words for sheep<\/em> that I’m aware of – kindur<\/strong>, f\u00e9<\/strong> and sau\u00f0f\u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For some reason I can never keep r\u00famlega<\/strong> and t\u00e6plega<\/strong> straight – they are both used when talking about approximate amounts, but r\u00famlega<\/strong> carries a more than<\/em> meaning, while t\u00e6plega<\/strong> a less than<\/em> or just barely<\/em> meaning.<\/p>\n

\r\nmat\u00b7v\u00e6li (n) pl              food, provisions\r\nr\u00fam\u00b7lega adv                 more than, just over\r\nt\u00e6p\u00b7lega adv                 hardly, barely\r\n<\/pre>\n
Matv\u00e6lastofnun hefur gefi\u00f0 \u00fat opinberar t\u00f6lur um fj\u00f6lda b\u00fafj\u00e1r og f\u00f3\u00f0urframlei\u00f0slu \u00ed landb\u00fana\u00f0i fyrir \u00e1ri\u00f0 2012, a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed er fram kemur \u00e1 vef stofnunarinnar. \u00de\u00e6r byggja \u00e1 skr\u00e1ningu b\u00fafj\u00e1reftirlitsmanna a\u00f0 vori og b\u00e6nda a\u00f0 hausti.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Food and Veterinary Authority has published official data on the number of livestock and agricultural feed production up to the year 2012, according to a statement on their website. They create a registry for livestock inspectors in the spring, and one for farmers in the fall.<\/em><\/p>\n
I believe fyrir \u00e1ri\u00f0 2012<\/strong> means before and including 2012<\/em>; I looked at the website they linked to, and it actually said there was data available from 1981-2012.<\/p>\n
\r\nopin\u00b7ber adj                 public, official\r\nfram\u00b7lei\u00f0sla (f)             production, manufacture\r\nland\u00b7b\u00fana\u00f0ur (m)             agriculture\r\nskr\u00e1ning (f)                 registration\r\neftirlits\u00b7ma\u00f0ur (m)          inspector\r\n<\/pre>\n
\u00deessar t\u00f6lur lei\u00f0a \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 r\u00famlega 77 \u00fe\u00fasund hross eru skr\u00e1\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, \u00feau eru flest \u00e1 Su\u00f0urlandi e\u00f0a um 28 \u00fe\u00fasund. 71 \u00fe\u00fasund nautgripir voru \u00e1 \u00cdslandi \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0asta \u00e1ri, langflestir \u00e1 Su\u00f0urlandi e\u00f0a um 27 \u00fe\u00fasund.<\/strong><\/p>\n
These numbers show that over 77 thousand horses are registered in Iceland, mostly in the south with around 28 thousand. 71 thousand cattle were in Iceland last year, the vast majority in the south with around 27 thousand.<\/em><\/p>\n
\r\nlei\u00f0a \u00ed lj\u00f3s                 show, bring to light\r\nhross (n)                    horse\r\nnaut\u00b7gripir (m) pl           cattle\r\n<\/pre>\n
Um 3.600 sv\u00edn voru \u00e1 \u00cdslandi samkv\u00e6mt t\u00f6lum Matv\u00e6lastofnunar, flest \u00e1 Su\u00f0urlandi e\u00f0a r\u00fam \u00fe\u00fasund en a\u00f0eins eru 857 geitur \u00e1 skr\u00e1 hj\u00e1 MAST, flestar \u00e1 Vesturlandi e\u00f0a 310.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Around 3,600 pigs were in Iceland according to the Authority’s data, most in the south, or over a thousand, but there were only 857 goats in MAST’s list, most in the west, or 310.<\/em><\/p>\n
Matv\u00e6lastofnun birtir einnig t\u00f6lur yfir kornuppskeru. Uppskeran \u00ed fyrra nam r\u00famum 13 \u00fe\u00fasund tonnum sem er nokku\u00f0 minna en \u00e1ri\u00f0 2011, sem var algj\u00f6rt met\u00e1r. \u00de\u00e1 nam uppskeran t\u00e6pum 19 \u00fe\u00fasund tonnum.<\/strong><\/p>\n
MAST also publishes numbers on grain harvesting. The harvest last year totaled more than 13 thousand tons, which is slightly less than 2011, which was an absolute record year. Then the harvest totaled nearly 19 thousand tons.<\/em><\/p>\n
The verb a\u00f0 nema<\/strong> takes the dative, which is why you see the totals in that form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 nema – to total, amount to<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nnem<\/td>\nnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nnemur<\/td>\nnamst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nnemur<\/td>\nnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nnemum<\/td>\nn\u00e1mum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nnemi\u00f0<\/td>\nn\u00e1mu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nnema<\/td>\nn\u00e1mu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
The last paragraph also contained the adjective forms r\u00famur<\/strong> and t\u00e6pur<\/strong>, which were used in their adverbial forms throughout the article.<\/p>\n
\r\nkorn (n)                     grain, cereal\r\nnema v (dat)                 to amount to, total\r\nal\u00b7gj\u00f6r adj                  complete, total, absolute\r\nmet (n)                      record\r\n<\/pre>\n
The article seemed long but it was actually rather repetitive, listing out numbers of animals in different parts of the country, so it flowed pretty well \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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