How to Pronounce Icelandic Words

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
  • How to pronounce common Icelandic words including speaking of some of the most famous sights in Iceland.
    Icelandic words discussed in this video:
    Vík
    Reykjavik
    Þingvellir
    Seljalandsfoss
    Dyrhólaey
    Landmannalaugar
    Þórsmörk
    Eyjafjallajökull
    Kirkjubæjarklaustur
    Seyðisfjörður
    Mývatn
    Vatnajökull
    Jökulsárlón
    Sólheimasandur
    Snæfellsnes
    Hallgrímskirkja
    Höfn
    AND the LONGEST word in Icelandic: Vaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymsluskúraútidyralyklakippuhringur
    *It's 64 characters long!!!
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Комментарии • 418

  • @shannanfarrance5993
    @shannanfarrance5993 4 года назад +242

    Doulingo needs to get Icelandic.

    • @hannahprince3512
      @hannahprince3512 3 года назад +10

      Icelandic online is a great site for learning, too. Not as easy as Duolingo, but good.

    • @harlemqnext4919
      @harlemqnext4919 3 года назад +2

      @@hannahprince3512 thanks for sharing

    • @indigo5077
      @indigo5077 3 года назад +3

      Drops is similar and has an Icelandic version!

    • @chloecurry6287
      @chloecurry6287 3 года назад +5

      use memrise! it's had it for ages

    • @KazehareRaiden
      @KazehareRaiden 3 года назад +4

      @@indigo5077 Oh yes I am currently using drops to learn Icelandic(It is the first foreign language I am learning) I am currently at 182 words

  • @vvsandgaming4648
    @vvsandgaming4648 6 лет назад +125

    There's also the seven word sentence that uses the same letter seven times.
    "Á á á á á á Á."
    "Á" can mean "on", "a sheep", "a river", it could be the name of a place if it is capitalised like the last letter in that sentence, it can also mean "owning" something...
    "A sheep on a river owns a sheep on a farm named River."

    • @Justin_Leone
      @Justin_Leone 2 года назад +12

      We have that same sentence (phonetically) here in America too, but the meaning and spelling are different. Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! It's what you say when you slam your finger in a car door and are struggling to get the door open again.

    • @nathanquinn366
      @nathanquinn366 Год назад +1

      @@Justin_Leone this was beautiful thank you

  • @GondyNM
    @GondyNM 6 лет назад +135

    Lifehack: How to recognize born Icelandic people in comments section? They second name ends with -dóttir for girls and -son for boys ;)

    • @huldagujonsdottir397
      @huldagujonsdottir397 6 лет назад

      Jakub Gondár yeps.

    • @booenthusiast9412
      @booenthusiast9412 5 лет назад +1

      I am so soryy if it is rude to ask, but why do they use -dóttir and -son? Is it like a family name or everyone should use it?
      I am just curious... sorry if it is rude...

    • @booenthusiast9412
      @booenthusiast9412 5 лет назад

      And also, do they have a meaning?

    • @meandmybobbygee1812
      @meandmybobbygee1812 5 лет назад +8

      @@booenthusiast9412 from what I know, it's an old Norse tradition. If you're dad is Harris, you'd be Harrison or Harrisdottir. They rarely have actual surnames.

    • @user-lw9tu1tj7c
      @user-lw9tu1tj7c 5 лет назад +1

      @@meandmybobbygee1812 Your* you're = you are
      Also wouldnt it be Harrisson, because it's like saying Harris' son

  • @MrTsar-ui8eh
    @MrTsar-ui8eh 4 года назад +12

    As someone learning Icelandic, this is an absolute godsend 🙏🏻

  • @MattiSvan
    @MattiSvan 6 лет назад +60

    Two thumbs up for Ísafjörður

  • @Sharpe1502
    @Sharpe1502 6 лет назад +70

    I just took history of English language and had to basically learn old English, and this looks A LOT like old English.

    • @forsaken.cowboy
      @forsaken.cowboy 6 лет назад +12

      Sharpe1502 it’s closer to Old Norse, which is very similar to Old English.

    • @Morrisseys7thFriend
      @Morrisseys7thFriend 5 лет назад +6

      Icelandic is one of the oldest languages that is still used today.

    • @user-lw9tu1tj7c
      @user-lw9tu1tj7c 5 лет назад +2

      @@forsaken.cowboy Yes it's almost the same since Icelandic came from old Norse, but it's just that old Norse and old English as you said were very similar

    • @yeeaahBUDDY
      @yeeaahBUDDY 5 лет назад

      I thought the same thing! And after watching a documentary on how Old English sounded I thought this is very similar.

    • @Greksallad
      @Greksallad 5 лет назад +2

      @@Morrisseys7thFriend I'm not sure it's one of the oldest (depends how many languages you include in the list, really) but it certainly is one of the most conservative ones. For example, Greek is a really, really old language, having been continuously spoken for over 3000 years, but modern Greeks won't understand much of ancient Greek texts (and even less of the spoken form). They'll perhaps pick up a sizable portion of the words, but won't be able to make any sense out of it without prior knowledge of the ancient form of the language.
      Icelandic is very different in this regard, as I've seen Icelanders on youtube commenting texts 900+ years old, saying they have basically 0 trouble reading them. That's not to say they're *identical* though; Icelandic has undergone changes over the years. Also, when old texts are translated, a lot of the Old Norse syntax is transferred to the Icelandic translation, even though it's not really idiomatic to modern Icelandic at all. It may be understandable, but still unusual. Many of the letters represent different sounds today as well (the double L sound is not present in Old Norse, for example).
      Take everything I just said with a grain of salt though, since I have no formal education in this area whatsoever. I just like reading about linguistics as a hobby. :)

  • @ecollen
    @ecollen 3 года назад +6

    Very useful, thanks. But why do I see the words written on the pad in mirror image? They do appear on the screen too, but mostly flash on and off too quickly.

  • @russbus3930
    @russbus3930 5 лет назад +11

    During my brief time in Iceland, a local told me the word 'Eyjafjallajökull' is similar to saying "I forgot my yogurt'. Will never forget that.

  • @aliv8382
    @aliv8382 3 года назад +35

    I'm Mexican and I can pronounce those words, that's awesome. We have a lot of words that come from the nahuatl language and that makes easy for me to pronounce icelandic words.

    • @robertsnyder5261
      @robertsnyder5261 2 года назад +3

      I was just thinking the same thing. I studied abroad in Mexico and I speak Spanish, but the Nahuatl names are very difficult. The “tl” sounds the same!

    • @alfredrothmuller8833
      @alfredrothmuller8833 Год назад

      Thanx, that is quite interesting. I've studied scandinavian languages and especially norwegian. That helps a lot, but in none of these languages ll is spoken like tl. OK, we all know, Vikings from Iceland were the true explorers of America . Maybe they landed first in Mexico😉

  • @anne-marief.9611
    @anne-marief.9611 6 лет назад +46

    What a beautiful language! I love it! I speak French and English, and to English-speakers, sometimes French sounds this complicated...haha! Thanks for these amazing videos. I'm canadian and heading to Iceland in March.

    • @IcelandwithaView
      @IcelandwithaView  6 лет назад +2

      Every language is so difficult at first - but yes I agree I think Icelandic is beautiful! Hope you have a great time in March :)

    • @elinannalarusdottir8281
      @elinannalarusdottir8281 6 лет назад +1

      Thank you

    • @meandmybobbygee1812
      @meandmybobbygee1812 5 лет назад

      @Imapizza 1234 don't forget all the words for "the". Jesus Christ.

    • @lucyluca6602
      @lucyluca6602 4 года назад +2

      Le français est encore plus compliqué chez les québécois eux-mêmes on dirait LOL! ça semble vraaaiiiment dur d'écrire comme il le faut...

    • @vrcr8640
      @vrcr8640 4 года назад +2

      I disagree. As English speakers we're exposed to many French words within our language, Icelandic is much more foreign to the eye and ear than French is.

  • @DidacticEditions
    @DidacticEditions 3 года назад +6

    This : long word
    Wales: Hold my beer

    • @laurateaho-white9654
      @laurateaho-white9654 5 месяцев назад

      New Zealand: Hold my crate of beer. 'TaumatawhakatangihangakoauauoTamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu'

  • @KimFatica
    @KimFatica 6 лет назад +6

    I thought that growing up around grandparents who spoke Norwegian and having a solid understanding of Nynorsk would help...until I decided to go to Iceland this year! Enjoyed this video and appreciate your enthusiasm--all very helpful!

  • @Ewa-uw1tj
    @Ewa-uw1tj 5 лет назад +6

    I'm a fan of this guy. Love the sense of humour. Thank you for this video. Very helpful for a tourist heading to Iceland.

  • @jj-of3vk
    @jj-of3vk 6 лет назад +14

    I said all of them right...
    *well I live in Iceland and im from Iceland*

  • @Skinnymarks
    @Skinnymarks 4 года назад +4

    The thing I noticed is that English tends to have a continous vowel flow. Where Icelandic you can hear subtle stops between constinats

  • @bbbb6066
    @bbbb6066 6 лет назад +37

    I wonder what an Icelandic spelling test would be like.

    • @IcelandwithaView
      @IcelandwithaView  6 лет назад +5

      🤣OMG great point! Poor kiddos.

    • @sigrunosk6274
      @sigrunosk6274 6 лет назад +6

      I love the spelling part! Because it sounds so hard but there are grammar rules that basically tell you how it’s written... you say the word and check how it works with the rules and BAM! it’s there!

    • @hjaltiagustsson7905
      @hjaltiagustsson7905 4 года назад +3

      Spelling is pretty easy once you know the sound for each letter

  • @jwilliams123
    @jwilliams123 4 года назад +4

    I love this haha, I've been to Iceland four times between 12 and 23 each time and this guy is so Icelandic lol, you could identify him pretty quick even without speaking or the sweater. good stuff.

  • @TheFunnyCamGuy
    @TheFunnyCamGuy 6 лет назад +4

    OMG YOU HELPED ME OUT SO MUCH. IT WAS SO HARD FOR ME TO PRODUCE THOSE HARD CH SOUNDS. BUT THE TIP FOR BREATHING IN OR OUT HELPED ME!

  • @trojanpony
    @trojanpony 3 года назад +2

    I slowed this down to 0.75x so I could hear the pronunciation more clearly, which had the hilarious side effect of making you guys sound like you were wasted. 😂 Skál!

  • @alarymoana5875
    @alarymoana5875 4 года назад +3

    I'm an aupair in Höfn and pretty proud to be able to prononce it now !!

  • @linajurgensen4698
    @linajurgensen4698 5 лет назад +6

    I‘m German and I really want to learn icelandic! The language is so beautiful!😊

    • @ElowenFaye
      @ElowenFaye 4 года назад

      Hey Linda, I'm also German and I just started to learn this wonderful language. Go for it, it's worth it !!! :)

    • @rodrev_hiking6757
      @rodrev_hiking6757 Год назад

      It’s old Norse . Which is Germanic language . It’s very similar to our tongue/ language. Góða Ferð ~ gute Fahrt / (gute Reise)

  • @johannnorris6350
    @johannnorris6350 Год назад +2

    The volcano word no one can pronounce in the world. I was laughing at everyone. It’s so easy to pronounce his word, because I am technically Icelandic lol. I live in North America now. God bless you all. 🇨🇦🇮🇸😂😂😂

  • @MrBPM75
    @MrBPM75 6 лет назад +28

    Great video but few suggestions. Your written words were mirrored so it's really hard to see what you wrote. Secondly the printed word should stick longer when he was pronouncing it. It flashes away quickly and it's really hard to look and hear what he said at the same time.

    • @IcelandwithaView
      @IcelandwithaView  6 лет назад +2

      Thank you so much for the feedback!

    • @MrBPM75
      @MrBPM75 6 лет назад +3

      Jeannie - Life With a View I hope I wasn't rude in writing. I absolutely love your channel 👌👍

    • @Ememel
      @Ememel 5 лет назад +2

      Halfway through the video I realized that I have two phones (work+private), one of which worked as a charm as a mirror. Nevertheless, takk fyrir!

    • @serapugurlugil9214
      @serapugurlugil9214 3 года назад +1

      ALL WORDS ARE WRITTEN BELOW 😇

  • @donovan7789
    @donovan7789 6 лет назад +24

    Here are some long English words; floccinaucinihilipilification, the act of underestimating; hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, the fear of long words; pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a lung disease caused by volcanic ash; and finally, antidisestablishmentarianism, the ideology that is in opposition to the notion that the Church should be separated from the state (disestablishmentarianism).

    • @jorge91259
      @jorge91259 4 года назад

      I learned that in 3rd grade

    • @loucam08
      @loucam08 4 года назад +3

      So Eyjafjallajökull may lead to pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

    • @AdamJayCross
      @AdamJayCross 3 года назад +2

      The only problem with these is, they are not English words... I mean, English using it as its own, but they are Latin words made their way into English. (except for the last two words)

    • @anakonda3035
      @anakonda3035 4 месяца назад

      Love this!! Like German and some other European languages, these words are just jointed together. Like the pneumo... has 6 words in it. :)

  • @lucieni
    @lucieni 4 года назад +3

    Why can’t I like this video more than once??!!! RUclips sort this out please?! x

    • @buggsy5
      @buggsy5 6 месяцев назад

      Because some people would like a video thousands of times. It is meant to count the number of people who like the video and that cannot be done if you can like them more than once.

  • @deadcatbounce3124
    @deadcatbounce3124 4 года назад +3

    Just when I was beginning to get some of the Faeroese pronunciations...
    I've seen others observe that an Islander, Norwegian and Faeroese can pretty much understand one another with the written word, but very little when speaking.

  • @peterveenstra8084
    @peterveenstra8084 3 года назад +4

    Thank you for this video, I love it! But; is it possible to produce it not in mirror-image?

  • @Selyasa
    @Selyasa 4 года назад +1

    First time listener, new subscriber. I loved your video.
    Sköl!

  • @bobbiehoward3796
    @bobbiehoward3796 Год назад +1

    Ok I copied down all the letters of the Icelandic alphabet and now watching this and it's making a lot more sense now!

  • @WulfricTheBlack
    @WulfricTheBlack 5 лет назад +18

    I can’t really hear him. Lol. I need him to say it like they do on Sesame Street. V...ik Vik Lol.

  • @reneek66
    @reneek66 6 лет назад +5

    I've just been in Iceland for 2,5 weeks and I really should've seen this video beforehand :') Boy did we make a mess of the names of all the places we've been hahahaha! It's an amazing country and for sure I have to go back one day, if only because now I finally know how to say Eyjafjallajökull :P

    • @IcelandwithaView
      @IcelandwithaView  6 лет назад

      No worries, it happens to the best of us! Hope you had a great time in Iceland :)

  • @lucieni
    @lucieni 6 лет назад +8

    Icelandic disguised as Welsh. That’s all I have to say!

  • @asaantjemueller1738
    @asaantjemueller1738 6 лет назад +7

    uff. so fun watching this. having a bearded icelandic man as a partner i know it so well. you just can´t hear it. (especially when they do their fast in the beard mumbling). my best advice will always stay: do it like them Icelanders, talk fast and unclearly hot potatoe in your mouth spitting style. i often get away surprisingly well with just pronouncing the first sillable well and swallow the rest. since the endings are the hard grammar stuff including parts of the words AND even names. i mean how weird it was for me to figure out that Önnu is the same person as Anna. just a different case and form of the word. icelandic is fun. smile. i send a warm hug to yet another lovely foreigner living in iceland. hug. ása

  • @Daysesantos100
    @Daysesantos100 6 лет назад +3

    "Hup"? Really! I'm so glad I got to learn this now!

  • @carolablackwood7234
    @carolablackwood7234 5 лет назад +2

    Jeannie, we love your videos. We are heading to Iceland next week, 9.18 and are doing a 7 day Tour with Arctic Adventures. If we were doing a self drive tour, I definitely would have hired you to plan for us. So much fun to watch your videos. Your friend Jens (sp?) has a great sense of humor. Thanks bunches

  • @lucieni
    @lucieni 4 года назад +2

    Love your vids but even more I love how Jens is so deadpan in his delivery!

  • @mro1229
    @mro1229 5 лет назад +1

    Vaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymsluskúraútidyralyklakippuhringur is my new safe-word 😂

  • @faint688
    @faint688 4 года назад +2

    video starts at 1:25

  • @bbbb6066
    @bbbb6066 6 лет назад +4

    My story about seyoisfjorour. Visited there many times. We were taking pic and the cars kept coming and coming so we went into the town to see what was happening. The ferry had docked and cars were getting off. We went up the hill to get a better view. There we met a French family that just got off the ferry. We talked with them for about an hour while we ate. When we got home we got an email and a link to the video they made. My wife and I were in There video. We have been in contact and they invited my wife and I to visit them in France. We likewise invited the to visit us in the US. This is one of the reason to visit Iceland. If you go to Iceland with 10 friend you will leave Iceland with 50 or 100 or more new friends Iceland is that type of place. We pick up hitch hiker just to meet new people and make new friends. Linda and Ben

    • @IcelandwithaView
      @IcelandwithaView  6 лет назад

      This is a great story, thanks for sharing! Totally agree, Iceland brings people together 💚

  • @antonyace2207
    @antonyace2207 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for this video!! I'm super late but you definitely got yourself a subscription :)

  • @sdh4967
    @sdh4967 5 лет назад +1

    That's what I was EXACTLY looking for ! MAD THANKS

  • @briannatodd5563
    @briannatodd5563 6 лет назад +1

    Watching this with closed captions is the best thing ever lol

  • @crunchygods
    @crunchygods 6 лет назад +3

    Your videos are really great. This one was especially fun! Thank you.

    • @IcelandwithaView
      @IcelandwithaView  6 лет назад +2

      Thank you Joel! I know those Icelandic words can be tricky, so I wanted to bring on an expert rather than my bad foreigner pronunciation 😂

    • @crunchygods
      @crunchygods 6 лет назад +1

      I've noticed that in any video featuring an American pronouncing Icelandic words while accompanied by an Icelander, the Icelander always smiles afterwards and says things like, "Yeah, pretty close..." :)

  • @stacey9069
    @stacey9069 5 лет назад +1

    This is an awesome video, but I really wish you could have flipped the video around so when you wrote the words they would have been more readable. It also would have been nice if the word could have stayed up the whole time he's pronouncing it/you guys are talking about it. But thanks for posting this!

  • @DrewPicklesTheDark
    @DrewPicklesTheDark 5 лет назад +3

    From what I understand Old English had a lot of similarities to this, but the language has since been simplified. It's interesting to see Nordic nations like Iceland, Finland, and so on keep the old style. English has simplified itself multiple times throughout it's lifespan, first with the Romans more or less imposing it (Also why it uses the Latin alphabet), later because people just wanted it so (A dozen letters dropped, long and complex words shortened or removed with short substitutes replacing them) , then later again with the British Empire simplifying it further to help it's non-native English speaker subjects (English was often imposed upon them, even if simplified).

  • @tamarabukhanov6412
    @tamarabukhanov6412 6 лет назад +10

    It would be helpful if you pronuance the words slowly and by syllables and then as a normal pronunciation.

    • @dannichols6261
      @dannichols6261 5 лет назад

      Tamara Bukhanov (which originally came out as: @UCHDCXP5czf1fTWWecYCMdUA when I tried to copy your name, even though it didn't *show* that way until I hit Save, bad youtube!) , Yes, I agree that it would be helpful if in this video they would pronounce the words slowly and by syllables and then as a normal pronunciation. I also think it would be helpful if they had included *actual* closed captions, too. Auto translate is useless! But it's real good that they had a *list* of the words they were going to pronounce included at the top.

  • @lillemanla8662
    @lillemanla8662 5 лет назад +4

    there is a few words that sounds exactly the same in swedish not in this vid but some common words.

  • @Greksallad
    @Greksallad 5 лет назад +3

    On the 64-character word, the length of it is not really that impressive since Icelandic compounds words, just like my native language, Swedish (as well as most other Germanic languages). You could theoretically compound even more words into one, making up an arbitrarily long, grammatically correct word on the spot that isn't really used by anyone, and possibly never even uttered by any person before in history.
    A Swedish word suggested by a Wikipedia article about the longest words is "Spårvagnsaktiebolagsskensmutsskjutarefackföreningspersonalbeklädnadsmagasinsförrådsförvaltarens" (94 letters). Most Swedes would probably break this up into several separate words, just like in English, but it is a grammatically sound word nonetheless. Roughly translated into English it's "[belonging to] The manager of the depot for the supply of uniforms to the personnel of the track cleaners' union of the tramway company."
    Compounding exists to some extent in English too (e.g doghouse, windmill), but they're generally limited to just a couple word roots; you can't really bundle any number of words together and still have it be a correct English sentence. I think compounding is a neat and fun characteristic of the Germanic languages, but these words don't really count in my opinion, as they're not really "recognized" words in any practical sense, and they won't show up in dictionaries (the longest word recognized by the Swedish Academy is the 28 letter word "Realisationsvinstbeskattning").
    Anyway, great video, Icelandic is one of my favorite languages! :)

    • @IcelandwithaView
      @IcelandwithaView  4 года назад +1

      Thank you! One of mine too!!

    • @alfredrothmuller8833
      @alfredrothmuller8833 Год назад +1

      right in German this is a popular Word: Donaudampfschifffahrtskapitänsmütze or in Bavarian: Himmeherrgottglumbvarreckts and you don't need to stop after 64 letters

  • @cocoima1
    @cocoima1 4 года назад +1

    Wowee - good luck to us in attempting to say all things Icelandic correctly! Fun video, but I'll have to watch it many times!!!

  • @JTMcAwesomeFace
    @JTMcAwesomeFace 4 года назад +1

    I do this with my norwegian friend and he always gives me that look too haha

  • @Agonymous
    @Agonymous 4 года назад +1

    Kirkubæjarklaustur for me as Austrian the first and last words I would have understand. Kirkja - Kirche, Klaustur - Kloster. I love this language. I have to learn it.
    The double ll at the end of jökull is so hard for me. It sounds for me like a "k" not "tl" or "dl"

  • @sesseljahelgadottir1665
    @sesseljahelgadottir1665 6 лет назад +52

    It’s so funny to hear people who don’t speak Icelandic try to speak Icelandic ( btw i speak Icelandic)

    • @gacha-pl8wy
      @gacha-pl8wy 6 лет назад

      Sesselja Helgadóttir hae

    • @unidalmann1025
      @unidalmann1025 6 лет назад

      So true they sound so strange lol

    • @ethanhu1871
      @ethanhu1871 6 лет назад +1

      Your name is a typic Icelandic female name haha

    • @naftush
      @naftush 5 лет назад +3

      Agreed, but does it bother Icelanders when tourists try? Should they not try?

    • @chruw
      @chruw 5 лет назад

      @@ethanhu1871 all Icelandic females take the name of their mother's along with dottir

  • @deini
    @deini 3 года назад +1

    I always thought it was the other way around.that þ was hard th and ð was soft th.

  • @Berkelium_BK
    @Berkelium_BK 3 месяца назад

    5:37 That pronounciation of Eyjafjallajökull was actually perfect until the last syllable, where it was missing that hard "ll" sound that's also found in "Þingvellir".

  • @Edible_Kittens
    @Edible_Kittens 5 лет назад +2

    Kind of strange to try all of these names, coming from a Thai + mandarin speaker. But very fun!

  • @Meis2679
    @Meis2679 6 лет назад +2

    Love Iceland!

  • @courtenayfisher7421
    @courtenayfisher7421 2 года назад +1

    I so want to learn Icelandic! I fell in love with the country when I was there (especially after we managed to make it without incident through the Oxi Road 😱). Thank you for your videos!

  • @Gorillazman009
    @Gorillazman009 4 года назад +1

    What is the background music for this video its dope

  • @glenteague2957
    @glenteague2957 Год назад +1

    Awesome and funny video

  • @5680asdf
    @5680asdf 5 лет назад +3

    Ash and molten glass like Eyjafjallajökull

  • @MudlarksAlmanac
    @MudlarksAlmanac 4 года назад +2

    I think the words need to be left on the screen for longer so that we have time to read them- and it would be helpful if your friend said them twice- and he speaks very quietly.

    • @anakonda3035
      @anakonda3035 4 месяца назад

      Totally agreed! Although a great video idea (I came here for the Reykjavik word only) I find that she is talking (using how Americans/others would pronounce) way more than her Icelander friend! When he says it it is too quick and she is right there trying to pronounce it on her own accent again.

  • @kavehchannel
    @kavehchannel 5 лет назад +1

    Loved your video !!!

  • @iteration2
    @iteration2 2 года назад

    Going to Iceland for my honeymoon in a couple months. This was very helpful. We’ve definitely been pronouncing it “hoff-n”.

  • @angelodemian2828
    @angelodemian2828 7 месяцев назад +1

    In Lebanese Arabic, I noticed we have a sound that is the same (or very close to) as the Icelandic 'll' sound. (Like in the way we say تلاتة)

  • @remaguire
    @remaguire Год назад +1

    Yikes! The word in the thumbnail looks like somebody stumbled and their palms smashed against the keyboard!

  • @tfamadventures2080
    @tfamadventures2080 4 года назад +1

    Who is here because they want to sing "Husavik- My Home Town"???
    Vera með þér, með þér
    Í Húsavík við Skjálfanda
    Í heimabær minn
    Það eina sem ég þrái er, að vera með þér, með þér
    Í Húsavík við Skjálfanda

  • @Feuerbach1
    @Feuerbach1 Год назад

    I love his lopapaysa, so cool with the offset buttons and spread collar

  • @Nofurtherquestions
    @Nofurtherquestions Год назад +1

    I've been to Vík

  • @Monoplacophora
    @Monoplacophora 5 лет назад +2

    I'm Icelandic, Haha awesome video. I love it. Cheers.

  • @martinet1985
    @martinet1985 5 лет назад +1

    great video!

  • @chonmonlon2728
    @chonmonlon2728 4 года назад +1

    I like your friend's sweater! He's quite handsome too!

  • @seylabrown3407
    @seylabrown3407 4 года назад +1

    they’re definitely together

  • @davidchamberlain2162
    @davidchamberlain2162 2 года назад

    Such a big help showing us the spelling in mirror image. Is it not difficult enough..Ha! LOL

  • @MaiRaven3
    @MaiRaven3 11 месяцев назад

    Love his sweater!♥️👍🏼🇮🇸

  • @Justin_Leone
    @Justin_Leone 2 года назад

    Thanks for this video. I went to Iceland a few months ago, and wanted to be able to pronounce places I planned to visit at least reasonably well. Of course, it was a self-driving vacation, so I didn't have very much opportunity to use most of these with anyone who'd have known if I had them right or wrong. But one day we went snowmobiling on Myrdalsjökull, and our guide asked if anyone knew the name of the neighboring volcano to the west, and oh man, was I ever ready to blurt out the answer! I think I more or less nailed it, at least for an American. Anyway, amazing trip all around, and I'm already looking forward to some day going back.

  • @cliffy236
    @cliffy236 5 лет назад +1

    hello from NY, would love to go see them gawgeous glaciers one day, great vid!

  • @elsamargret4824
    @elsamargret4824 6 лет назад +7

    I ❤ your video and im from iceland😍

    • @IcelandwithaView
      @IcelandwithaView  6 лет назад +1

      Hi Elsa! :)

    • @elsamargret4824
      @elsamargret4824 6 лет назад +1

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    • @elsamargret4824
      @elsamargret4824 6 лет назад

      Jeannie - Life With a View can you talk iclendic 🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸

    • @IcelandwithaView
      @IcelandwithaView  6 лет назад

      Ég tala smá íslensku ;)

    • @elsamargret4824
      @elsamargret4824 6 лет назад +1

      Jeannie - Life With a View
      Flott veistu hvað fimleikar þíða á ensku

  • @paranrs
    @paranrs 2 месяца назад

    I hope all Icelanders have the same great sense of humor as Jens(?)! 😅

  • @Spudeszledesky
    @Spudeszledesky 3 года назад +1

    That is a gorgeous version of the lopapeysa! Where did you get it?

  • @shuhratkessikbayev8886
    @shuhratkessikbayev8886 2 года назад

    "When speaking Icelandic it makes it a lot easy when you're drinking."
    I imagine that's how these names came to exist in the first place lmao.

    • @anakonda3035
      @anakonda3035 4 месяца назад

      Lol! Certainly a strange language! But lovely people.

  • @warriormom5232
    @warriormom5232 5 лет назад +9

    I can say “já”

  • @IcelandwithaView
    @IcelandwithaView  6 лет назад +12

    What Icelandic words would you like to hear?

    • @saravalgerurottarsdottir5067
      @saravalgerurottarsdottir5067 6 лет назад

      Jeannie - Life With a View Eyjafjallajökull

    • @pacmania1982
      @pacmania1982 6 лет назад

      Jeannie - Life With a View can you get your friend to see how I pronounced the longest word? ruclips.net/video/DyPFx_bIwN0/видео.html I’m off to Iceland again in September and we’ll be staying hear Höfn so glad to know how to say it!!!

    • @sarainiaangelsong440
      @sarainiaangelsong440 6 лет назад

      Jeannie hopefully you see this! He is a Linguist and will kinda break down Vowels and consonants in Icelandic! ruclips.net/video/pL5hLTEdeJw/видео.html

    • @heiabjork4255
      @heiabjork4255 6 лет назад +1

      Im icelandic but i would like to hear a foreigner say the word for makeup artist "förðunarfræðingur" :D

    • @vh73ckv06
      @vh73ckv06 6 лет назад

      Hafnarfjörður,Bolungarvík.reykjanesbær

  •  5 лет назад +1

    hey ! cool video thanks.
    I do relate to the Höfn pronounciation too.
    Also Sharpe 1502 mentioned that this is close to old english and I can only bring that previously english also used the ð and the þ to differenciate the th from THink and the one from THe.
    takk

  • @CORIOLANVS
    @CORIOLANVS 5 лет назад +2

    want a real challenge try german. german can produce a word any length you want by just inventing it.
    kirchenfenstersturzverhütungsvorrichtungskontrollberichtrückmeldungsfehler -there you go. take that icelandic haha ;)

  • @elberethvarda5270
    @elberethvarda5270 4 года назад +1

    I have tried to speak as many European languages as possible. Being French doesn't help - we have very few common sounds with most languages... I thought Russian would be difficult, but the sounds are very easy. Now, the three most difficult, yet not impossible, languages are Irish Gaelic, Danish and Icelandic (not to mention the two other Scandinavian languages - Norwegian and Swedish with their two-toned pronunciation. As for Icelandic, it is complex but regular - if you have done a bit of German, Danish and English, we can get along (not like a native, but it can do). Danish, like French, is mostly unpredictable. Thanks for the fascinating places to visit one day... Takk !

    • @hotforwordstoo
      @hotforwordstoo Год назад

      If you want a challenge, try Québecois, it's French with a Danish accent...ha! ha!

    • @anakonda3035
      @anakonda3035 4 месяца назад

      I agree, I speak some French myself and for French native speakers it is very difficult to 'mold' around that strong accent, same for some other cultures around the world.

  • @sdanckaarts
    @sdanckaarts 3 года назад +1

    Great content, thanks for all your vidz. Do note : In a vid about pronunication, it would be good to articulate your own name a bit better ! Jamy, Jany, Namy :)

  • @thordisunnur472
    @thordisunnur472 6 лет назад +9

    I’m Icelandic 🇮🇸

    • @huldagujonsdottir397
      @huldagujonsdottir397 6 лет назад +2

      Thordis Unnur yeps me too

    • @stavros_SX
      @stavros_SX 6 лет назад

      @@huldagujonsdottir397 What's it like to live in Iceland?

    • @huldagujonsdottir397
      @huldagujonsdottir397 6 лет назад

      @@stavros_SX uuhhhh... Normal? Idk how to explain, I've always been here😂

  • @nathangoodfellow5260
    @nathangoodfellow5260 4 года назад +1

    That was fun thx ......Skal! 🍻

  • @darkstarrshines
    @darkstarrshines 6 лет назад +2

    Makes perfect sense!!! HAHAHA!!!! I'm dying......

  • @lindakristinernudottir297
    @lindakristinernudottir297 6 лет назад +3

    I like your vídeó. I am Icelander

  • @77bubba00
    @77bubba00 3 года назад

    I lived in Iceland for two years. Loved it there! Wonderful people and Beautiful scenery. But..... I just couldn't get good at the language. My tongue just couldn't bend that way or something. Lol
    I was there when the Vatnajokul volcano erupted. And when Hekla erupted in 1991. If I were a geologist or volcanologist, I'd live there forever. :)

  • @mahmoudhamed1373
    @mahmoudhamed1373 6 лет назад +1

    You are amazing Jeannie😍

  • @shasha-muse6054
    @shasha-muse6054 3 года назад

    That sweater...oh my!!! 😍

  • @jonas3000c
    @jonas3000c 6 лет назад +1

    The funny thing is that jens lied there, there are many pronunciations for words like how fn can be a soft f in some places but a hard f in others, a v in some places but just a b in others

  • @JackieBaisa
    @JackieBaisa 3 года назад +3

    Why was your writing backward? Is the video backward? In any case, I really enjoyed this. Icelandic words can be intimidating. I did learn German (which is also intimidating) so I've been curious about Icelandic. It's very different from anything else I've heard before. Once again, great video!

    • @ClackMingo
      @ClackMingo 2 года назад

      Uh, the writing was backwards because they wrote it the correct way for them, but flipped the book around to show the camera, so therefore it is backwards. In order for it to not be backwards for the camera they themselves would have had to have written it backwards.

    • @JackieBaisa
      @JackieBaisa 2 года назад

      @@ClackMingo Ah, okay. That makes more sense. Thanks.

    • @mattjohnson6359
      @mattjohnson6359 7 месяцев назад

      That does not make sense at all. If you write a word from left to right, it will still appear correctly when you show it to someone else (or a camera). These two (and the camera) are facing a mirror (which also explains why they’re both left-handed).

  • @schneekoenigin
    @schneekoenigin 2 года назад

    Thank you so much for pracitising with us :-D

  • @aronsteinar8442
    @aronsteinar8442 6 лет назад +1

    I live in Vestmannaeyjar and that is an island next to Iceland and we speak icelandic

  • @LellePrinter82
    @LellePrinter82 6 лет назад +4

    I'm swede, some words are not that hard, some are a bit similar to swedish words. Example "skål" when u toasting someone.

  • @BrynjolfurArniGunnarsson
    @BrynjolfurArniGunnarsson 6 лет назад +2

    Hæ, Like your videos :) ... You maybe heard this one but here is one sentence for you that makes perfect sense in Icelandic: "Bóndinn á Á á á á Fjalli"

  • @emmanueladom9620
    @emmanueladom9620 5 лет назад

    Wow,so helpful.thanks