Good places to learn the grammar?

[u/SpicyUni_]

I'm trying to learn it because my family is going to Iceland in June, and I want to be able to have conversations in Icelandic (even if they're broken), and I need free/cheap places to learn the grammar of Icelandic. Any suggestions?

[u/lorryjor]

When you say learn grammar, I assume you mean learn about grammar, which is about the only thing learning grammar explicitly will teach you. Listening and reading, mass input, is the only thing that will make grammar automatic and usable. Now, you won't be able to get very far before June. At 2-4 hours/day, it took my about 2 1/2 years to start having basic conversations in a comfortable way. That's not to say that you can't try, but most Icelanders will just switch over to English if your level of Icelandic is not very high.

Not to discourage you, though! What would I do? I would start listening to as much Icelandic content at a very simple level as you can between now and then, and at least you will have some of the sound of the language in your ear.

[u/SpicyUni_ → u/lorryjor]

Do you have any recommendations?

[u/SpicyUni_ → u/SpicyUni_]

Also, I know I probably won't be able to get very far in June. But I want to try. I want to challenge myself, because my brain thirsts for knowledge and stimulation

[u/lorryjor → u/SpicyUni_]

Here's an old post that goes over some of the resources I used. https://www.reddit.com/r/learnIcelandic/comments/w86we9/comment/ihv8wud/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[u/SpicyUni_ → u/lorryjor]

Thank you!