{"id":3352,"date":"2013-07-11T04:25:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T04:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2013-07-11T04:25:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T04:25:57","slug":"olafur-ragnar-in-first-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/olafur-ragnar-in-first-place\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d3lafur Ragnar In First Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OlafurRagnar\"<\/p>\n

He’s been taking a lot of criticism lately at home, but Icelandic president \u00d3lafur Ragnar Gr\u00edmsson<\/a> is now the longest serving democratically-elected leader in Europe. He takes this title after the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, announced his resignation due to scandals in his administration.<\/p>\n

\u00d3lafur Ragnar is currently 70 years old and in his fifth term as president, having served since 1996.<\/p>\n

\u00d3lafur seti\u00f0 lengst allra<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u00d3lafur has ruled longest of all<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d3lafur Ragnar Gr\u00edmsson ver\u00f0ur n\u00fa s\u00e1 l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0islega kj\u00f6rni \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0arlei\u00f0togi sem lengst hefur seti\u00f0 \u00ed Evr\u00f3pu.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d3lafur Ragnar Gr\u00edmsson has now become the longest serving democratically-elected leader in Europe.<\/em><\/p>\n

Other than meaning to sit<\/em>, a\u00f0 setja<\/strong> can mean to rule, hold office<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The adjective kj\u00f6rinn<\/strong> (elected<\/em>) originates from the past participle of a\u00f0 kj\u00f3sa<\/strong>, to choose, elect<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u00c1st\u00e6\u00f0an er s\u00fa a\u00f0 fors\u00e6tisr\u00e1\u00f0herra L\u00faxemborgar, Jean-Claude Juncker, hefur tilkynnt afs\u00f6gn s\u00edna. \u00deetta gerir hann vegna hneykslism\u00e1ls tengdu leynu\u00fej\u00f3nustu r\u00edkisins sem s\u00f6ku\u00f0 hefur veri\u00f0 um \u00fdmis misferli.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reason is that the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, has announced his resignation. He did this due to scandals related to the government spy agency, which has been accused of various misconducts.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reyndar m\u00e1 deila um hvort lei\u00f0togi Hv\u00edta-R\u00fasslands, Alexander Lukashenko, sk\u00e1ki forseta \u00cdslands. Hann hefur seti\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00e6p 19 \u00e1r en umdeilt er hvort s\u00ed\u00f0ustu forsetakosningar \u00fear \u00ed landi voru l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0islegar \u00fear sem a\u00f0rir frambj\u00f3\u00f0endur voru lamdir og fangelsa\u00f0ir.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One might argue whether the leader of Byelorussia, Alexander Lukashenko, doesn’t beat the president of Iceland. He has ruled almost 19 years but it is disputed whether the presidential election there was democratic, as other candidates were beaten and imprisoned.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m not sure how to translate sk\u00e1ki<\/strong> here – normally a\u00f0 sk\u00e1ka<\/strong> means to check<\/em>, as in chess, but here it’s being used to indicate that Lukashenko’s term somehow trumps\/beats\/takes precedence over \u00d3lafur Ragnar’s.<\/p>\n

Beating and imprisoning – somehow these verbs go together.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 lemja – to beat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nlem<\/td>\nlamdi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nlemur<\/td>\nlamdir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nlemur<\/td>\nlamdi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nlemjum<\/td>\nl\u00f6mdum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nlemji\u00f0<\/td>\nl\u00f6mdu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nlemja<\/td>\nl\u00f6mdu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 fangelsa – to imprison<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nfangelsa<\/td>\nfangelsa\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nfangelsar<\/td>\nfangelsa\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nfangelsar<\/td>\nfangelsa\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nfangelsum<\/td>\nfangelsu\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nfangelsi\u00f0<\/td>\nfangelsu\u00f0u\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nfangelsa<\/td>\nfangelsu\u00f0u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Juncker haf\u00f0i seti\u00f0 \u00ed r\u00fam 18 \u00e1r, en \u00d3lafur Ragnar n\u00fa \u00ed t\u00e6p 17. Hann situr n\u00fa \u00ed 20. s\u00e6ti heimslistans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juncker has ruled for over 18 years, and \u00d3lafur Ragnar just under 17. He is now in 20th place in the world list.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think they must be talking about the overall list of longest serving leaders, not just current ones, and he’s 20th in that regard.<\/p>\n

\r\nl\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0is\u00b7legur adj                democratic\r\nlei\u00f0\u00b7togi (m)                     leader\r\nafs\u00f6gn (f)                        resignation\r\n\u00e1\u00b7st\u00e6\u00f0a (f)                       reason, cause\r\nhneyksli (n)                      scandal\r\nmis\u00b7ferli (n)                     misconduct\r\num\u00b7deildur adj                    controversial, disputed\r\nlemja v (acc)                     hit, strike, beat\r\nfangelsa v (acc)                  imprison\r\n<\/pre>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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