{"id":664,"date":"2013-03-07T00:09:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T00:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=664"},"modified":"2013-04-04T01:31:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T01:31:43","slug":"buried-in-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/buried-in-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Buried In Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vonskuve\u00f0ur<\/em><\/strong> indeed. Most of Iceland was hit by a large snowstorm Wednesday, which wreaked havoc with the roads of course. The Facebook feed for the capital area police (L\u00f6greglan \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0borgarsv\u00e6\u00f0inu<\/a>) had this among other notifications:<\/p>\n

“Vi\u00f0 viljum bi\u00f0ja eigendur \u00feeirra \u00f6kut\u00e6kja sem voru skilin eftir f\u00f6st \u00ed dag, a\u00f0 gera r\u00e1\u00f0stafanir hi\u00f0 allra fyrsta til a\u00f0 s\u00e6kja b\u00edlana. N\u00fa er a\u00f0 hefjast snj\u00f3ru\u00f0ningur og gr\u00ed\u00f0arlega mikilv\u00e6gt a\u00f0 fastir b\u00edlar tefji ekki hreinsun gatna.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Roughly translated:<\/p>\n

We ask that the owners of those cars which were abandoned after becoming stuck today take measures to recover them as soon as possible. Snow removal is beginning and it is extremely important that stuck cars do not interfere with the cleaning of the streets.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lots of cool terms in this one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\r\n\u00f6ku\u00b7t\u00e6ki n (-s, -)\t\t\tvehicle\r\nr\u00e1\u00f0\/st\u00f6fun f (-st\u00f6funar, -stafanir)\tmeasure, action\r\nhi\u00f0 allra fyrsta\t\t\tas soon as possible\r\nfastur adj (f f\u00f6st)\t\t\tfixed, stuck\r\ntefja v (acc) (taf\u00f0i, tafi\u00f0)\t\tdelay, obstruct\r\nhreins\/un f (-unar, -anir)\t\tcleansing, cleaning\r\n<\/pre>\n
I don’t think I’d run into tefja<\/strong> before:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
tefja v (acc) – delay, obstruct<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\ntef<\/td>\ntaf\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\ntefur<\/td>\ntaf\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\ntefur<\/td>\ntaf\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\ntefjum<\/td>\nt\u00f6f\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\ntefji\u00f0<\/td>\nt\u00f6f\u00f0u\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\ntefja<\/td>\nt\u00f6f\u00f0u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
The form in the text (tefji<\/strong>) is actually in the present subjunctive, fyi \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The last sentence was unique in the use of the genitive plural of gata<\/strong> (street):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
gata (f) – street, way, path<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\ngata<\/td>\ng\u00f6tur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\ng\u00f6tu<\/td>\ng\u00f6tur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\ng\u00f6tu<\/td>\ng\u00f6tum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\ng\u00f6tu<\/td>\ngatna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
hreinsun gatna<\/em><\/strong> – cleaning of the streets<\/em><\/p>\n
Stay safe and warm, Iceland!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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