Practical Icelandic: Má Ég Fá Eina Pylsu

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  • Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
  • Velkomin! Welcome to Practical Icelandic, the series where Reykjavík Grapevine teaches you simple and useful phrases for your trip to Iceland.
    Today we are visiting Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur to learn the phrase, "má ég fá eina pylsu?" - "can I get one hotdog?"
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Комментарии • 97

  • @sbroggie
    @sbroggie 2 года назад +15

    This is awesome. PLEASE make this a regular thing. :-)

  • @olenast
    @olenast 2 года назад +20

    This a wonderful new segment, not only teaching the phrase, but also little tidbits about the words and about places to use it. Keep them coming!

  • @TheStoryGuide
    @TheStoryGuide 2 года назад +10

    Great fun, well done. Thanks for starting the series. Love the tracking shot out of the conference room, through the door and around the corner. Looking forward to more.

  • @patahel
    @patahel 2 года назад +16

    Takk. Looking forward to have more short lessons coming. Started learning Icelandic, being from Switzerland and speaking German helps. Actually I think Swissgerman is more similar to Icelandic than German.
    Keep 'em coming Valur, you're a great teacher.

    • @melissahdawn
      @melissahdawn 2 года назад +3

      Yeah! I can see that, like when he left it sounded like a strange way to say tchüss. But, I started studying German and French again to aide my Icelandic comprehension (reading).

    • @MichaelGrundler
      @MichaelGrundler 2 года назад +5

      @@melissahdawn As far as I know sjáumst has nothing to do with tschüss but rather comes from sjá (engl. see / ger. sehen). I would translate sjáumst as „Wir sehen uns.“ or „See you.“.

  • @tomoverton2138
    @tomoverton2138 2 года назад +6

    Takk fyrir! After I visited Iceland in 2016, I became fascinated with the Icelandic language. I completed a number of online courses, and studied in books as best I could, but living where I do in Canada, I have not really had the opportunity to use the language in any meaningful way. I've got layovers planned in Reykjavik on the way to and from the Faroe Islands in the spring. (If my travel plans are not cancelled once again.) Hopefully I'll be able to order a hot dog or a beer in your language.

  • @billthorne1
    @billthorne1 2 года назад +6

    I love your shows! I don't always know what you're saying but I can't stop smiling while you are saying it. I love Polly Smiles. You play great music. Art is art like Don McLean is music, so your videos are always edgy and very cool. Thank You, All!

  • @corrineboxkicklove7942
    @corrineboxkicklove7942 2 года назад +3

    This is Great. Thank You for this video. I’ve been wanting to learn how to read and speak Icelandic. When I was there, last month, I bought a book, “Complete Icelandic “ and have been trying to learn. These Videos will help a lot.
    Takk , Valur and Reykjavík Grapevine.

  • @reddog-ex4dx
    @reddog-ex4dx 2 года назад +2

    I've been trying to learn English for the last 60 years and now you want to teach me Icelandic?! LOL!!!

  • @charlesmnadeau
    @charlesmnadeau 2 года назад +5

    This is super great idea - it bring us even closer to your beautiful country. Love it.

  • @yarmes
    @yarmes 2 года назад +2

    Takk - frábær myndband! More videos like this would be excellent

  • @jacobhaust
    @jacobhaust 2 года назад +1

    I think you guys just found a great new video series + digital product course! "How to Learn Practical Icelandic". I lived in Iceland for 4 years and that's the best explanation/understanding of a single Icelandic sentence I've heard Valur.

  • @wiregold8930
    @wiregold8930 2 года назад +4

    Má Ég Fá Eina bjór seems like the next phrase after you get your hot dog. Thanks for the lesson.

  • @doinafred3049
    @doinafred3049 2 года назад +3

    You are very gifted in being very clear in your reportage and thank you ! Polly is the best companion !!!- lovely, cute, and playful .thank you again for all information about your mysterious country !❤️👍🌨️

  • @quietone748
    @quietone748 2 года назад +2

    The "sjaumst" at the end of the transaction reminds me of the way they say "servus" as a goodbye in Bavaria and Austria.

  • @MichaelGrundler
    @MichaelGrundler 2 года назад +10

    This is definitely more helpful than the usual „eina með öllu“ especially when you are somewhere where they sell more than just one thing. ;)
    Btw. I hope Art got a Pylsu (or something else) as well - assuming he was the one behind the camera. :)

    • @nolongerlistless
      @nolongerlistless 2 года назад +3

      Art was inside the hot dog booth at the key point, it seems!

  • @patriciablacklock7326
    @patriciablacklock7326 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant! I'm learning so much about Iceland from you, Thank you!

  • @Skydraget
    @Skydraget 2 года назад +9

    Similar to Danish and Swedish some how. Understand a lot reading Icelandic.

    • @EVO6-
      @EVO6- 2 года назад +1

      'Somehow' because they're related langauges? Icelandic is just old West Norse rather than east descended

  • @derekmanthey8811
    @derekmanthey8811 2 года назад

    One of the more wonderful things that happened this year for me was that your Volcano went off and I found The Grapevine. I look forward to your broadcasts and learning about Iceland, and throroughly enjoying Valur and Polly who is probably the most well behaved and friendly dog in the world. I truly thank you and commend your work. Just a shout out from New Jersey

  • @nancybarnes7109
    @nancybarnes7109 2 года назад +1

    I love it! Valur goes to teach us how to order a hot dog in Icelandic and it turns out that the person is used to taking orders in English!

  • @TropicPoss
    @TropicPoss 2 года назад +1

    Thanks! Another reason to keep virtually returning to Iceland since Ragnar has gone to sleep. I love your little country more and more. So different to our Pacific island countries in so many ways but all such excellent places.

  • @frankzuehl
    @frankzuehl 2 года назад +4

    This video is great! Please post more videos like this, they are great for learning useful Icelandic phrases!

  • @tg4941
    @tg4941 2 года назад +1

    Tut you've made me want one now. Its 11.30 at night and I'm looking at this before bed. Sigh. Going to be tummy rumbling tonight. Thanks Valur. X🤣

  • @krissullivan6313
    @krissullivan6313 2 года назад

    This is a great addition to Grapevine! I hope this was just episode 1 with more to follow. Just think, if not for the volcano I wouldn't have discovered Grapevine! I never miss one and in fact, have gone back and watched many. I have a Norwegian family background and I have my own feelings about the Danes! Your country is very special ..... and I can hear the pride in your voice when you speak about it. The volcano is no more but many have fallen in love with Iceland and Grapevine!! One more thing, Polly always makes me smile... she's a beautiful and smart companion.

  • @deusexvideos
    @deusexvideos 2 года назад

    I appreciate how the youtube preview animation makes it look like Valur is walking down an endless flight of identical stairs.

  • @melissahdawn
    @melissahdawn 2 года назад +2

    Thank you. I love this idea! Thank you again, this is such an awesome notion, perhaps revolutionary! ❤️ ❤️

  • @59markr
    @59markr 2 года назад +1

    I love this! Great idea. As an Aussie, Icelandic is a total mystery, just as Aussie slang is a total mystery to other English speakers! Fair dinkum, this was grouse!!

    • @M124M
      @M124M 2 года назад

      Are you serious ?

  • @thepiratecats801
    @thepiratecats801 2 года назад +2

    Those hotdogs are amazing. I have to confess to having gone there more than once on my recent visit.... ;)

  • @kerrydavis3681
    @kerrydavis3681 2 года назад +4

    Love it! Good to know, I’d love to learn Icelandic but it all seems so complicated😬
    Also I love hot dogs 🌭

  • @Pab-B
    @Pab-B 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for this fun video. Looking forward to going there someday!

  • @OneFootInIceland
    @OneFootInIceland 2 года назад +6

    I've been asking for 'ein með öllu' or...let's be honest...tvær! I'm trying to learn Icelandic, I can say a bunch of stuff (with a questionable but hopefully just about understandable accent!) But the trouble I have (setting aside the nightmarish cases and declensions!) is that if I do say eitthvað á íslensku, oft ég skil ekki svarað! It's easier for me to understand written Icelandic than spoken - maybe I need a t-shirt that says "Bara svara já eða nei" ?!

  • @claudiapeterson3637
    @claudiapeterson3637 2 года назад +2

    that was cute! I'm glad Polly had a hot dog too.

  • @c.j.wright-wingate4895
    @c.j.wright-wingate4895 2 года назад

    What a great little film! Again! Truly enjoyed it! Let's do that again!

  • @chezmanya
    @chezmanya 2 года назад +3

    German is my second language - it helps me a lot with Icelandic. This was fun! Please do more of these language videos. Hello to Valur, Art and Polly from Portland, Oregon.

  • @patponce
    @patponce 2 года назад +1

    What a great idea to put these linguistic capsules online! Takk fyrir! This is a really perfect complement with my Drops app to learn Icelandic vocabulary because it gives us some notions of grammar also! This is going to be fun on our next visit hahaha!
    Keep up with those: we love’em

  • @craigmccann1028
    @craigmccann1028 2 года назад +2

    Enjoyed this one.

  • @helenatremblay4019
    @helenatremblay4019 2 года назад

    So happy to, finally, sign up! Can't wait to see new postings! Hoping to visit Iceland in my next life!!!😂

  • @emiliomartineztejeda6499
    @emiliomartineztejeda6499 2 года назад +1

    This was very informative, thank you! It would be great if you could teach us more phrases and show us around your favourite or other small places!

  • @paulsto6516
    @paulsto6516 2 года назад +3

    That was fun! Thanks.

  • @DanNovatnak
    @DanNovatnak 2 года назад +1

    Excellent idea for a series!

  • @Laura291
    @Laura291 2 года назад +1

    Loved this video! More please! 😁

  • @noway8445
    @noway8445 2 года назад

    This is the raisin at the end of the hot dog! Thank you!

  • @simonemoos5069
    @simonemoos5069 2 года назад +1

    indeed the best hot dog 😉 I ordered in english before we joined you at the city walk. i am also really glad as a german that i know now how to order a beer in Icelandic 🤣 funny thing with that teaching lessons because i just started to learn Icelandic 👍

  • @vdubz243
    @vdubz243 2 года назад +1

    Love it..also a nice treat for Polly. 🌭

  • @aznate27
    @aznate27 2 года назад +1

    This is the same hotdog stand we went to on our trip in September! I had no idea you guys were literally around the corner haha...

  • @marjamerryflower
    @marjamerryflower 2 года назад +1

    I study Icelandic using the dropsapp. They say pylsa. Not Reykjavik style then. And they teach bless. Not blessaður like you seemed to say. Thanks for explaining the words you use. I like this segment. Good preparation for a visit to Iceland

  • @alwaysdreaming9604
    @alwaysdreaming9604 2 года назад

    Thanks a lot for this video! There are so few videos like these! Please keep it up :)

  • @laisa1956
    @laisa1956 2 года назад +18

    The problem is that when you know only this one sentence, people will answer in Icelandic and then you are totally lost :-)

    • @nolongerlistless
      @nolongerlistless 2 года назад +4

      Never mind - enjoy the immersion! Glass half empty, ocean half full, enjoy the paddling!

    • @jacobhaust
      @jacobhaust 2 года назад +3

      That's the point of a full practical language course :)

    • @nancybarnes7109
      @nancybarnes7109 2 года назад +4

      Well, you'll be full up on hot dogs! 😄

  • @waynehouska2550
    @waynehouska2550 2 года назад

    WoW!! That looks like a Good Hot Dog. Our Hot Dogs here in the USA are one inch shorter than each end of the bun. Yall Have The Real Deal!! Thank You For Sharing. Stay Safe!!

  • @krisklopf1901
    @krisklopf1901 2 года назад

    I ate at that hot dog stand. Very Good. I ordered in English.

  • @ptournas
    @ptournas 2 года назад +1

    The only Icelandic phrase I remember is from 50 years ago when it was taught to me by a group of Icelanders at a camping festival, who had me say it to everyone passing by. "gefðu mér að drekka". What a great time, even though I could hardly stand up at the end of that day :)

  • @Climbatiz
    @Climbatiz 2 года назад +1

    you can also just go up there and say "eina með öllu", one with everything

  • @chamoisperspicace626
    @chamoisperspicace626 2 года назад

    Great ! I recognize this place... I was frozen... this "pylsu" was for me almost a surviving stuff ! (It was not as good as they said -"best pylsu ever", but it was good enough)

  • @stuw4943
    @stuw4943 2 года назад

    Love it…commit to memory banks 👍🏼

  • @denni7173
    @denni7173 2 года назад +1

    Oh this is fun!

  • @M124M
    @M124M 2 года назад

    His english was perfect. That'll do me 😊

  • @huntedsnark7507
    @huntedsnark7507 2 года назад

    Já! More please!

  • @Nicolasin-yn9mu
    @Nicolasin-yn9mu 2 года назад +1

    Me: Má Ég Fá Eina Pylsu
    Burger vendor: That will be £100s please!

    • @noway8445
      @noway8445 2 года назад +1

      It was $36 US for three hotdogs when I was there in June of 2019.

  • @markt.3685
    @markt.3685 2 года назад +3

    Ya makin' me hungry! And Polly knows what's coming as you walk away from that Pylsu stand. By the way, what's that tune at the end of this video? Cheers!

  • @Eva-ch2wz
    @Eva-ch2wz 2 года назад +1

    Omg I want a hot dog so baaaaaad 😭

  • @djcie1018
    @djcie1018 2 года назад

    02:38 , the first bit of litter I've seen in Iceland on one of these reports..

  • @almurry8943
    @almurry8943 2 года назад

    Polly is an adorable dog. And she never meets a stranger, she is friendly to everyone. If you can’t throw her frisbee, she’ll fetch the frisbee from anyone who throws it. What breed of dog is she?

  • @bryan67thomas
    @bryan67thomas 2 года назад +2

    No Hot Dog for Art?

  • @md2perpe
    @md2perpe 2 года назад

    A very direct translation to Swedish would be "Må jag få en pölsa?". We don't often use "må" (English cognate: may) nowadays, though. In modern Swedish "pölsa" refers to a special dish, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B6lsa. In modern Swedish we would instead say "Kan jag få en korv?" as a complete sentence. But most people would just say "En korv, tack" when ordering.

  • @ellenpa2000
    @ellenpa2000 2 года назад

    Hi Teach! There I thought Pylsu was beer (like dutch pils!) 🤣.. How do you say veggie dog? 🍎 apple for the Teacher! Oh yes Bles-bles

  • @Mach1Greeble
    @Mach1Greeble 2 года назад +1

    1 pimp steak, gracias.

  • @Projectoxcart
    @Projectoxcart 2 года назад +1

    Hot Dog how much did Polly get Tweeted this.

  • @DisVietVetUSA
    @DisVietVetUSA 2 года назад

    OH boy Icelandic Hot Dog Heaven Ja Takk

  • @Bedlamite23
    @Bedlamite23 2 года назад

    pretty sure I'll still order mine in English but thanks. what was that you said at the end tho. Sjáumst?

  • @elizabethlascurain5294
    @elizabethlascurain5294 2 года назад

    May I get one PYLSUM? PYLSUM??? 🌭🌭🌭🌭 😁 Sehr schwer für mich!!! 😵

    • @TheReykjavikGrapevine
      @TheReykjavikGrapevine  2 года назад +1

      It's pylsa in singular. If you want two hot dog you can say, má ég fá tvær (two) pylsur.

  • @donnajoncas1956
    @donnajoncas1956 2 года назад

    Wow if you are hard of hearing Icelsndic becomes really hard especially if you talk fast.

  • @Jillysmom63
    @Jillysmom63 2 года назад

    Wait .. Valur aren't you Icelandic? and you don't speak the language fluently? or did I hear you wrong that you don't speak it all that well or don't know all the words? lol, someday I need to learn another language but I'm not sure If I want to learn Icelandic because I cant twist my tongue around to even pronounce some of the words lol. I can't even spell Icelandic words! haha. I'm glad Polly got a hot dog too!

  • @ccantrell4053
    @ccantrell4053 2 года назад

    Kim Kardahian eats hotdogs?

  • @petebeatminister
    @petebeatminister 2 года назад

    May be you should begin with the most important words (what I found out at least): please, thank you, yes, no, hello, good, bad, excuse me, good day (or whatever you say in Iceland), and of course "Sorry, I don't speak Icelandic" 😆
    But seriously, what I find most difficult is, that the written form of words have not much to do with the way it is pronounced. At least for someone who speaks German or English. On the other hand, I was surprised of some similarities of Icelandic and German words.

  • @beckyshock3099
    @beckyshock3099 2 года назад +1

    I don't need to know the language, I'll never be there.....

  • @farkleberry471
    @farkleberry471 2 года назад +1

    I heard that Icelandic is one of the most difficult languages to learn.

    • @Rimrock300
      @Rimrock300 2 года назад +1

      Difficult to say where it is on the scale, lot's of difficult languages out there, but when it comes to nordic languages Icelandic is more difficult than Norwegian/Swedish/Danish, which is more 'english/german-fied'. Icelandic is more 'old school' and unike (even though quite much modernized/simplified through time since old norse)

    • @chezmanya
      @chezmanya 2 года назад +3

      @@Rimrock300 Icelandic is pretty high up on the scale of difficult languages, right up there with Arabic. I tried Arabic for five days at university, but since I was also studying Russian at the time, I bailed on the Arabic. :)

  • @boltyk1
    @boltyk1 2 года назад

    2:37 - what's wrong with ppl in line?

  • @Chrissthepiss
    @Chrissthepiss 2 года назад +2

    Ha ha I have tried ordering a hot dog in icelandic. My brother lived there for 13 years. Didn't go down well. Need to work on that!