{"id":3821,"date":"2013-08-21T13:57:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T13:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2013-08-21T13:57:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T13:57:29","slug":"goose-hunting-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/goose-hunting-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Goose Hunting Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"goose\"<\/p>\n

Goose hunting season is underway in Iceland, except for some parts of the eastern region where it will be delayed for a couple more weeks due to the late start of nesting earlier in the year. There is a related article on R\u00daV<\/a> to check out – sometimes it’s interesting to compare stories from different sites. Often I find there’s information in one that answers some questions I had about another \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

G\u00e6savei\u00f0it\u00edmabili\u00f0 hafi\u00f0<\/strong><\/a>
\nGoose hunting season begins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vei\u00f0it\u00edmabil \u00e1 gr\u00e1g\u00e6s og hei\u00f0ag\u00e6s hefst \u00ed dag, 20. \u00e1g\u00fast, og stendur til 15. mars samkv\u00e6mt uppl\u00fdsingum fr\u00e1 Umhverfisstofnun.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hunting season for the Greylag goose and the Pink-footed goose begins today, the 20th of August, and lasts until March 15 according to information from the Environmental Agency of Iceland<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ooooh, a nice 4-part compound to get things started… \ud83d\ude42 You could break down goose hunting season<\/em> as g\u00e6sa\u00b7vei\u00f0i\u00b7t\u00edma\u00b7bili\u00f0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
g\u00e6s (f) – goose<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\ng\u00e6s<\/td>\ng\u00e6sir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\ng\u00e6s<\/td>\ng\u00e6sir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\ng\u00e6s<\/td>\ng\u00e6sum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\ng\u00e6sar<\/td>\ng\u00e6sa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
t\u00edmabil (n) – period of time<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nt\u00edmabil<\/td>\nt\u00edmabil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nt\u00edmabil<\/td>\nt\u00edmabil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nt\u00edmabili<\/td>\nt\u00edmabilum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nt\u00edmabils<\/td>\nt\u00edmabila<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I think I finally got over my problem of always thinking sea<\/em> when I would see the letters haf<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42 Here hafi\u00f0<\/strong> comes from a\u00f0 hefja<\/strong> – to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 hefja – to begin<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nhef<\/td>\nh\u00f3f<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nhefur<\/td>\nh\u00f3fst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nhefur<\/td>\nh\u00f3f<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nhefjum<\/td>\nh\u00f3fum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nhefji\u00f0<\/td>\nh\u00f3fu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nhefja<\/td>\nh\u00f3fu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Technically it’s the past participle, which is treated just like an adjective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
hafinn – begun<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nmasculine<\/th>\nfeminine<\/th>\nneuter<\/th>\nmasculine<\/th>\nfeminine<\/th>\nneuter<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\n\n
hafinn<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
hafin<\/td>\nhafi\u00f0<\/td>\nhafnir<\/td>\nhafnar<\/td>\nhafin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nhafinn<\/td>\nhafna<\/td>\nhafi\u00f0<\/td>\nhafna<\/td>\nhafnar<\/td>\nhafin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nh\u00f6fnum<\/td>\nhafinni<\/td>\nh\u00f6fnu<\/td>\nh\u00f6fnum<\/td>\nh\u00f6fnum<\/td>\nh\u00f6fnum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nhafins<\/td>\nhafinnar<\/td>\nhafins<\/td>\nhafinna<\/td>\nhafinna<\/td>\nhafinna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Samkv\u00e6mt uppl\u00fdsingum fr\u00e1 Umhverfisstofnun h\u00f3fst varpi\u00f0 fremur seint \u00ed \u00e1r og af \u00feeim s\u00f6kum hafi upphafi vei\u00f0innar veri\u00f0 seinka\u00f0 \u00e1 austursv\u00e6\u00f0i Vatnaj\u00f6kuls\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0gar\u00f0s til 1. september.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the agency’s information, the egg-laying began rather late this year and for that reason the start of the hunt has been delayed in the eastern region of Vatnaj\u00f6kull National Park<\/a> until September 1st.<\/em><\/p>\n

The verb a\u00f0 seinka<\/strong> (delay, postpone<\/em>) takes the dative, which is why you see the form upphafi<\/strong> – the thing that is being delayed. It can be tricky picking sentences apart sometimes to figure out what the heck is going on grammar-wise.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 seinka – to delay<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nseinka<\/td>\nseinka\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nseinkar<\/td>\nseinka\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nseinkar<\/td>\nseinka\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nseinkum<\/td>\nseinku\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nseinki\u00f0<\/td>\nseinku\u00f0u\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nseinka<\/td>\nseinku\u00f0u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
upphaf (n) – beginning, start<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nupphaf<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nupphaf<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nupphafi<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nupphafs<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Algengt er a\u00f0 vei\u00f0imenn b\u00ed\u00f0i me\u00f0 g\u00e6savei\u00f0i \u00fear til \u00ed september ekki s\u00edst \u00ed lj\u00f3si \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 er einnig heimilt a\u00f0 hefja vei\u00f0ar \u00e1 \u00feeim andategundum sem veiddar eru. Fj\u00f6ldi vei\u00f0imanna fer hins vegar til vei\u00f0a fyrstu dagana, s\u00e9rstaklega \u00feeir sem vei\u00f0a hei\u00f0ag\u00e6sir.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ordinarily hunters wait to hunt geese there until September, especially in light of the fact that it is then also permitted to begin catching those duck species which are hunted. Many hunters go to hunt on the first day however, especially those who hunt pink-footed geese.<\/em><\/p>\n

The first sentence in this paragraph gave me a really hard time for some reason, so it might not be completely right. There are several phrases I’m unsure of. Could b\u00ed\u00f0a me\u00f0<\/strong> also mean to hold off on something<\/em>? I think ekki s\u00edst<\/strong> literally means not least<\/em> (of which<\/em>, perhaps?), but just became especially<\/em> here. I was also deliberately trying to find some other word besides hunt<\/em> to use where I chose catching<\/em>, since I was repeating it so many times \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 vei\u00f0a – to hunt<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nvei\u00f0i<\/td>\nveiddi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nvei\u00f0ir<\/td>\nveiddir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nvei\u00f0ir<\/td>\nveiddi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nvei\u00f0um<\/td>\nveiddum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nvei\u00f0i\u00f0<\/td>\nveiddu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nvei\u00f0a<\/td>\nveiddu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
vei\u00f0i (f) – catch, game<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nvei\u00f0i<\/td>\nvei\u00f0ar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nvei\u00f0i<\/td>\nvei\u00f0ar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nvei\u00f0i<\/td>\nvei\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nvei\u00f0ar<\/td>\nvei\u00f0a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

It also took me a while to figure out andategund<\/strong>…(damn you vowel shifts!), anda<\/strong> coming from \u00f6nd<\/strong>. You’d think I’d remember that one by now \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\r\nt\u00edma\u00b7bil (n)           period of time\r\ng\u00e6s (f)                goose\r\nhei\u00f0i (f)              heath, moor\r\nvarp (n)               egg-laying\r\ns\u00f6k (f)                reason, circumstance\r\nupp\u00b7haf (n)            beginning, start\r\nseinka v (dat)         delay\r\nheimill adj            allowed, permitted\r\ntegund (f)             species\r\nfara \u00e1 vei\u00f0ar          go hunting\/fishing\r\n<\/pre>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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