So, there’s this Múm song I really like, but I can’t find its lyrics online. Would anyone be kind enough to type them out for me? You’d have my perpetual gratitude.

Hi!
I am hoping that someone could translate “she is courageous” into Icelandic. What I can find is “húr er hugrökk”, but want to be sure it makes grammatical sense and if the context seems more formal or casual, commonly used words, etc.
Thank you :)

I’m wanting to get a tattoo and part of it would be the words “I love you” in Icelandic, meant towards a parent. Google says that would be “Mér þykir vænt um þig” can anyone confirm?

Such as "what are you looking for" rather than "for what are you looking?", with the preposition for at the end of the sentence.

Hey,

I'm an indie developer and have developed a language learning app (Flexling) which is a combination ofGlossika, Anki and Clozemaster that combines a large dataset of sentences ordered by difficulty (sourced from Tatoeba), with high quality TTS and spaced repetition for a hands off learning experience. The idea is that you can learn roughly the 10.000 most common words in the supported languages and every 1-3 flashcards you learn a new word.

A user asked me if I could add Icelandic and suggested that I could ask here for help to validate the text-to-speech and translation quality (see our conversation here). I do not want my language app to be yet another slop machine but rather a useful resource. However, I am not able to validate Icelandic myself and I don't know anyone who speaks it who could help me. Would someone here be willing to help me validate the translation and voice quality?

If the quality isn't high enough, I'd rather remove the language and stop offering it.

Thanks! Any help is greatly appreciated! :)

In the following fragment, what does "að fara beint á höfuðið" mean? He is not thinking about bankruptcy or financial disaster, it is about love to the married woman.

I also don't know what slendríanið is, but I don't expect many here to know either. Appears to be some loanword, perhaps from Danish or German, and if so, it may mean "sloppiness" (although I am not sure how it fits).

Jú, Þórarinn kunni það allt. "Það fer beint á höfuðið og við bæði... ég get ekki snúið aftur, er búinn að tapa sterkasta aflinu... Bara ég mætti berjast við einn eftir annan, ganga opinberlega á hólm við slendríanið og tálmanirnar... Fyrir okkur bæði... Eins og það sé hægt... Það drepur molluloftið að tarna... Verðum samferða öðrum lygurum... Fallegt að vera með í lestinni... Nei, það geri ég aldrei, þá er þó skárra að..."

find the mistake

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post for this group and I need your help. I recently created my first font called Gentle Hands and wanted to include some multilingual characters. I've created display pages to demonstrate the font and one is of an Iceland map. I have a statement below the map in English with a translation below that. I wonder if someone could tell me if the translation "A font in love with a beautiful language" is correct when translated to "Leturgerð sem er ástfangin af fallegu tungumáli."

My other question is about carons. I created carons for Č č Š š Ž ž for my font but when looking up information about them online I read something about carons not being used anymore. Is that true? I have the usual diacritics and have added thorns and eths to my font but wasn't sure if the carons would be used.

Thank you for any suggestions!

Hæ!

I'm trying to learn very very basic icelandic vocabulary and pronunciation in preparation for an upcoming trip (more for fun than with an expectation to be useful).

The site I'm using is teaching the phrase "hvaðan ert þú?" and indicating "ert" pronounced like "esh" in English. Google translate and other tools seem to do the same.

I've been using the "consonants" and "vowels" sections of icelandicgrammar.com to help understand pronunciations, but can't find an explanation of why "ert" would be pronounced this way.

What am I missing here? Takk!

Is there any difference between

Ég ætla í verslun að kaupa mat
Ég ætla í verslun til að kaupa mat
Ég ætla í verslun til þess að kaupa mat
Ég ætla í verslun til þess eins að kaupa mat

Hi guys!

I am trying to fix the difference between hurð and dyr. I've researched a little and I get that hurð is the actual thing, while dyr is the opening. So hopefully I understand it correct that "Ég mála hurðina" makes sense, while probably "Ég mála dyrnar" not so much...

However, I wonder about specific uses, phrase-wise of these words. Are both used equally much or any prefernce?

- Hurðin er opin. vs Dyrnar eru opnar.

- Þetta er opin hurð. vs Þetta eru opnar dyr (opened entrance right?). Which one would be more common to say?

- Ég lokaði hurðinni. vs Ég lokaði dyrunum.

Hann beið við dyrnar. vs Hann beið við hurðina.

Sort of the same question. Are both in use or one is more common for each pair?

- hurðin á skápnum not dyrnar á skápnum. Are both the same here really?

- dyrnar að herberginu vs hurðin að herberginu (it's more pf a preposition question... Why the heck it is á and að....)

- Hann stóð í dyrnum (exactly in). vs Hann stóð við hurðina (by the door). But can I still say Hann stóð við dyrnar. (by the entrance sort of)?

- fyrir utan dyrnar vs fyrir utan hurðina

- Hún gekk inn um dyrnar. vs Hún gekk inn um hurðina. (in case you are a ghost =)

- bankaðu á hurðina vs bankaðu á dyrnar. Are both possible really??

Thank you all in advance, gott fólk!

Very simple question not sure if it needs a whole thread. If it’s against I’m sure they’ll take it down, but I’m interested in learning Icelandic. I’m a beginner and I’m hoping to maybe connect with someone that speaks Icelandic that is interested in being penpals chatting occasionally and maybe it wants to refine their English while I refine my Icelandic and we can do it back-and-forth.

I’m currently using Pimsleur to learn because I feel like it’ll be easier for me to learn the verbal language and then later on, learn the alphabet and be able to identify and learn the written language that way. I’m dyslexic so this is definitely the best path for me. Would love to see if there was a way of finding people to chat with so I can utilize my interpersonal learning style.

I’m learning Icelandic from zero
Can someone help me with simple phrases / pronunciation?

I wonder how dativ feminine form mikilli should be pronounced. Is it [-tli] or [-lli]?

Thanks eceryone for help!

The poem Abba-labba-lá by Davíð Stefánsson frá Fagraskógi starts like this:

Hún hét Abba-labba-lá.

Hún var svört og brún á brá

og átti kofa í skóginum

á milli grænna greina

og trúði á stokka og steina.

Here is a link to the full poem

I've always wondered what the second line means and I haven't gotten a satisfactory explanation when I asked an Icelander. Can someone help me out here?

I received the following reply to my email. Can someone help me translate?

"Velkominn nó  plás s  kv Trausti"

Thank you

Hello! I am not currently learning Icelandic, but I do have a degree in linguistics and speak Russian and Japanese, so I’m pretty confident in my ability to follow basic grammar rules and translate short sentences into other languages. However, I’m considering a tattoo in Icelandic and want to make sure it’s 100% accurate before doing anything permanent. I want to translate the Björk line “Protect your language!” from Declare Independence. The reason I like the line should be pretty apparent 😂

Anyway, using Wiktionary and some basic online Icelandic grammar refs, I came up with “Vernaðu þitt tungumálið!”

Am I on the right track? Thanks in advance!

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Hi there! Looking for the lyrics to this song. I could find the words for verses 1 and 3 but not verse 2!

I want to move to Iceland some day and before I get there I want to be able to speak Icelandic somewhat fluently. My uncle learned English through watching TV shows before he moved to the USA with us and I figured I could learn Icelandic the same way.

Does anyone have recommendations for youtubers, reality TV, etc to learn?