I learned more of a language in just this 13 minute video than in two hours of school, you are great at this and Thank you for teaching us there are sadly like zero resources to learn this language
Thanks for making this channel! There's not as many online resources out there on learning this language as compared to others (or to my knowledge at least). I'm hoping to be able to learn a bit of Icelandic, since I am hoping to visit the country at some point!
Yeah, it's a small language, so it makes sense that we have less resources available. Thank you so much for diving into the deep pool that is the Icelandic language. Good luck!
Takk fyrir, Ása!! You are a wonderful teacher and I enjoy my nightly Icelandic lessons. I am already to lesson 22 and am eager to keep learning more before I finally visit Iceland in June :) Thank you for the wonderful lessons and please keep posting more!!!
HUGE thanks to Ása for all of these videos. About a year ago i started watching/ listening and they have been a great ''front door'' to the language. I have moved up to watching Icelandic television news ( RUV) and the ''Icelandic Online'' site because Ása's work is a WONDERFUL foundation from which to build. Stay with here, repeat what she says out loud and keep trying... it all makes perfect sense (well, mainly) after a few months. Many, many thanks Ása ! Dr. Mark Price.
you are a great teacher thank you so much! my dad moved to the US from iceland when he was young and i’d always wished he taught me the language, but now i’ve decided to learn on my own. im so excited to learn, your channel is a great help. thank you ❤️
'Asa, takk, takk. This is very helpful. I agree with Indigo´s comment -- there just aren´t many good resources for learning to pronouce the Icelandic letters, so this is a big blessing!
Icelandic and Hindi both belong to the Indoeuropean language group (derive from a historic common language called Proto-Indoeuropean), so that may or may not be a coincidence! Maybe the word for grandmother changed in other languages in the Germanic branch, but not in Icelandic, which has changed much less in the last 1000 years?
Interesting the pronunciation of Á. In Spanish they don't have a single letter for that sound but they combine "Au" to make the same sound. Like "Automobil" or car, unlike English "Auto" which sounds more like "Uhto". I'm loving this channel and how easy you explain!!!!
Thank you so much! Yes, Spanish people can pronounce my name perfectly, as long as I write it as ´Ausa´ (ausa however, is pronounced differently in Icelandic and means a ladle)
Thanks for this. My partner is Dutch but lived in Iceland for 13 years. She wants to take me to Iceland and I want to learn Icelandic (I have already learnt enough Dutch to be proficient (I come from England)) This has been very helpful
Glad you enjoy it! So fun to see how many different nationalities are watching this! Going to Croatia is on my (very-long) to-do list, everyone says it's beautiful!
ahhh finally I found a channel with a perfect and proper explanation. I'm from India and just started learning Icelandic and found a similar word "Amma" Amma means grandmother in Hindi too
Greetings from Germany. So I watched your second Video now. And I love ur energy and how u think. It's like I can see what you are trying to tell me. You are so sweet. And i know, it's an old video, but I hope u didn't give up on the idea to teach others your beautiful language. So thank you and stay as beautiful as you are. ❤
Thank you so much for making this channel! I've wanted to learn Icelandic ever since I can remember and I haven't really been able to find many resources so this is very helpful! And you're doing an amazing job at explaining everything!
Te agradezco infinitamente por publicar este contenido, no hay muchos libros o lecciones del idioma, espero en algún punto de mi vida visitar el país. ☺
The Icelandic accent/pronunciation is my favorite, and the language intrigues me. I'm a linguist and language teacher. I was first introduced to Icelandic pronunciation by listening to Björk's songs. I notice the pronunciation significantly when she sings "...army of me": the 'a' and 'me'.
Thank you so much for your channel, you are my saver !!! I've been searching resources to help learning Icelandic and your content is very interesting and clear. 👍👍👍
I went to Iceland this winter, and really want to go back there - got some crush on Iceland :D So I'm starting to study your videos, thanks a lot! Can't wait to go back there with some basics icelandic language skills :D
I really want to learn this awesome language. Btw, my first language is spanish, and my english isn't good at all. So I'm gonna do my best effort learning icelandic with these amazing videos.
I really like how you explain the mouth movements to make the sounds. I think it makes a big improvement in my pronunciation. Especially with E and É. I don't know why those are so hard for me
The word 'Amma' is really interesting because in the exact same pronunciation, it means 'Mother' in my native language (Malayalam, it is a Dravidian language spoken in the south of India) and for your mother's mother or your grandmother you just add another 'Amma' and it becomes 'Ammamma'. Its weird how far apart these places and languages are and still there's somehow a similarity.
Not so really weird if you study language as all those languages you mentioned are languages of the Undo-europian language or many milleniums ago. Many of our dictionarys wil go so far back as they can to trace the roots of words and many many come from Sanscript. The one thing most of the Northern Tribal groups around the world had back some 12 thousand years was not a common language but a commong galiated Ice Sheet a Kilometer thick or thicher. So consequently no one really lived or survived in Northern Asia (Russia), Northern Euroupe or Northern Americas (Canada/Alaska). So it was only as the Artic Ice Sheet receeded that some tribes could move gradually northwards. Therefore logically the languages came from the warmer climates where people still lived during the Ice age. The Hymalayers likely caused a massive language watershed which most likly was considered almost impassible till much later in the 19th & 20th centurys. So most East Asians lived in the fertile warmer climate zones more towards the South East. So with millions nestled South East of the Great Hymalaian language divide the languages did not really come from there into the Indo Europian areas. The world of course was so very different before the year 1500 as the Americas had only just been discovered. Otherwise it was not really known of and therefore clearly languages did not come from there. Africa also was considered The Dark Continent and the inner area was only first entered by David Livingstone 19 March 1813 - 1 May 1873). He arrived first in the South African Vape Colonies in 1841. So languages were not really coming out of Inner Africa.
@@zakariazaki7513 Sure! I think visiting one day would be fun. A friend of mine recently visited the desert in Morocco and he fell completely in love ❤
I am from Wales, so I was brought up with Welsh as my first language, I find that the vowel pronunciations and the sounds are very similar to Welsh, some people would find that difficult to believe as Icelandic derived from Norse which was Germanic language, where as welsh derived from the Celtics. But yes we have very similar pronunciations and sounds to you.
Thank you 😊 I am Algerian I wish learning icelandic language I hope to help me I love learning language and culture and traditions in this world I waiting you for helping Thank you so much Merci beaucoup Gracias
3 Icelandic men walk into a bar in the UK. They all scream, “ÁÁ!!” A bystander calls for an ambulance, and the paramedics ask, “Þarftu hjálp? Do you need help?” and all 3 reply “É!”.
Is 'Á' the closest thing to the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish 'å'? (Even though if it is, it is still clearly distinct from 'å'? Also, generally, good work. No annoying (and unneeded) sounds or music. No vacuous thumbnail and idiotic title. No overproduced nonsense and excessive editing. Informative, well paced, and pertinent graphics when needed. 10/10.
From linguistics point of view, then yes Á is the closest thing to å. In the sense that lots of word which have the same origin in the languages use Á in icelandic, and å in the Scandinavian. The most obvious example would be my name, Ása in Icelandic, and åsa or åse in Scandinavian. There are countless more examples of this. From a pronunciation point of view, Á is quite different. Á would be A-Ú, while å would be closer to O in Icelandic (but not exactly the same). We do not really have the exact å-sound in Icelandic.
As an American-English speaking Midwesterner, from Missouri, some of the Icelandic alphabet is difficult to pronounce. It is difficult for me to trill (roll) my R's, because we have very few letters and word combinations that require this. I can make a similar, half - trill, type of sound by associating the "Thhhh" sound, an example being the word "this". I can not easily produce the sound for the Icelandic word "For", nor can I produce the sound for the Icelandic letter "R". It is spoken like the Spanish word Perro, with the R being trilled. Any tips on accomplishing this? I appreciate the feedback. Also, great content. TLDR; How to roll your "R" or "rr" pronunciations easier, as a Midwestern Farm-Boy with little exposure to double - R trills.. Thanks!
I try to explain this in EP.03! Take a look, and try to practise, and if you still have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. (And if you don't get it perfectly right away, don't worry, it's a matter of practise, and even if you don't get the rolling Rs your Icelandic will still be completely understandable - so please don´t get discouraged!) Good luck / Gangi þér vel!
I know some Faroese prononciation, and oh my god, they prononce vowels and consonnants so differently.. can you tell also ? Tackar för dina videor (det enda språket som jag kan)
Yes, sorry about that, but sometimes when pronouncing Ísland, it sounds like Ístland, especially in more casual speech. Sometimes we click the L in the middle of words when it is easier for us (yes, I know, it's only easier for us and nobody else 😂). Both are perfectly acceptable, but Icelanders will more commonly say something like Ístland than Ísland, while the latter would be more likely to appear in more formal, well-enunciated speech.
Yes, historically it was different in pronunciation, more similar to danish/norwegian/swedish I think... Very old people sometimes make a slight difference, but it is very rare.
Yes, the Icelandic Rs are tough - so you are not alone! But with practise, I am sure you will improve, little by little. Being perfect isn't the goal - but improving is. Good luck!
I don't understand how just the letter Á can mean "a farm called River." Another question: I was told that the Icelandic language is called Íslansku, but here you pronounce it Íslanska. Is Íslansku used in other contexts?
OK, so "á" means river in Icelandic, very normally. So if you name a farm "river" in Icelandic it would be "Á" :) From context and choice of the proposition you can see that it is a farm, and not something else. Then "á" can also mean a "sheep" or "to own" (in a certain grammatical forms), and also the proposition "on" - these are all phononyms. Your second question has to do with grammar. If you look up "the Icelandic language" in the dictionary your answer will be: "íslenska" However, Icelandic has 4 cases of nouns/adjectives, and this is just the nominative case. In the other three cases it happens to be: "íslensku" so this is why you will sometimes hear íslenska and sometimes íslensku, depending on the context. But don't worry about that too much for now! In future lessons I will go over the cases and how to use them, but we have plenty to learn before then :) Thanks for the questions!
That's great news! Maybe Hungarian is a good basis for Icelandic pronunciation (even though the languages are totally different). Some of the Icelandic consonants are slightly more tricky - but hopefully you'll manage them well too. Good luck! / Gangi þér vel!
Yes, for some people it seems impossible, but hopefully you will manage with time. If not, know that your Icelandic will still be very understandable - which is the most important part.
![Icelandic Pronunciation - Vowels II (O, Ó, U, Ú, Æ, Ö, Ei/Ey, Au) [EP.02]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5A_jGm2u4vk/mqdefault.jpg)
![Icelandic Pronunciation - Vowels II (O, Ó, U, Ú, Æ, Ö, Ei/Ey, Au) [EP.02]](/img/tr.png)
![[EP.00] Let's Learn Icelandic - Introduction](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/x5M97-PFESw/mqdefault.jpg)
I learned more of a language in just this 13 minute video than in two hours of school, you are great at this and Thank you for teaching us there are sadly like zero resources to learn this language
Thank you so much! And good luck with your Icelandic, you can do it!
Bravo you are very good!
Thanks for making this channel! There's not as many online resources out there on learning this language as compared to others (or to my knowledge at least). I'm hoping to be able to learn a bit of Icelandic, since I am hoping to visit the country at some point!
Yeah, it's a small language, so it makes sense that we have less resources available.
Thank you so much for diving into the deep pool that is the Icelandic language. Good luck!
Takk fyrir! I've been struggling to learn Icelandic for some time now, and my main problem is lack of resources. The world needs your channel :)
Thank you and good luck! /
Takk fyrir og gangi þér vel!
Takk fyrir, Ása!! You are a wonderful teacher and I enjoy my nightly Icelandic lessons. I am already to lesson 22 and am eager to keep learning more before I finally visit Iceland in June :) Thank you for the wonderful lessons and please keep posting more!!!
I hope you had a wonderful visit!
You visited in June I hope it was great for you especially because of what happened recently
Fell down a terrible rabbithole and now I'm here thankful to find a good video on the exact thing I was wondering.
Very specific rabbit hole! I'm honoured to be at the bottom of it 😊
HUGE thanks to Ása for all of these videos. About a year ago i started watching/ listening and they have been a great ''front door'' to the language. I have moved up to watching Icelandic television news ( RUV) and the ''Icelandic Online'' site because Ása's work is a WONDERFUL foundation from which to build. Stay with here, repeat what she says out loud and keep trying... it all makes perfect sense (well, mainly) after a few months. Many, many thanks Ása ! Dr. Mark Price.
you are a great teacher thank you so much! my dad moved to the US from iceland when he was young and i’d always wished he taught me the language, but now i’ve decided to learn on my own. im so excited to learn, your channel is a great help. thank you ❤️
Great decision! I hope you manage to learn the language little by little, and maybe even visit Iceland some day 😊
Good luck / Gangi þér vel!
4:26 in Romanian there’s a sentence with vowels only
oaia aia e a ei
“that sheep is hers”
Danish also has a funny sentence about sheep - Somehow it always has to do with sheep!
Pg
'Asa, takk, takk. This is very helpful. I agree with Indigo´s comment -- there just aren´t many good resources for learning to pronouce the Icelandic letters, so this is a big blessing!
Muy buen contenido en todos tus videos, grettings from Colombia
Tbh you’re the only source of Icelandic I have and trust… please write some short stories in Icelandic I would definitely buy them.
Oh you know how to make a girl blush - who knows, maybe some day I will 😊
this clas was awesome, thanks for your time, today was my first class with you.
Thank you so much!
@@letslearnicelandic405 I hope you come back!!!!!
Your lessons are really useful, huge thanks to your for creating a quality playlist.
In Hindi language "Amma" means also grandmother. Lots of love from India 🇮🇳🌹🇮🇸❤️🙏
That´s lovely!
Icelandic and Hindi both belong to the Indoeuropean language group (derive from a historic common language called Proto-Indoeuropean), so that may or may not be a coincidence! Maybe the word for grandmother changed in other languages in the Germanic branch, but not in Icelandic, which has changed much less in the last 1000 years?
Thanks for this course.
Greetings from Bosnia & Herzegovina
So very helpful, thank you so much
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much for this channel... I suppose there are much more people interested in Icelandic than you could imagine, including me!
Great to hear! Thanks for watching ♥
I am gonna watch this a ton to make sure I get everything. Thank you for the lesson
Love your enthusiasm! Thanks for watching!
This is unreplaceable! Thank you!
Glad you like it!
I just started learning icelandic und I am so thankful for your channel! 😊
Thank you! You are so welcome. Good luck!
thank you for this!! you are a life saver! 😍 Iam really looking forward to learn Íslenska language! 🥰 Keep it going!
Yes! Go for it. You can do it!
Thanks a lot for this channel! We were looking for a way to get started learning Icelandic, you made it super fun!!
Cheers from Milano
Thank you so much, and good luck!
Interesting the pronunciation of Á. In Spanish they don't have a single letter for that sound but they combine "Au" to make the same sound. Like "Automobil" or car, unlike English "Auto" which sounds more like "Uhto". I'm loving this channel and how easy you explain!!!!
Thank you so much!
Yes, Spanish people can pronounce my name perfectly, as long as I write it as ´Ausa´
(ausa however, is pronounced differently in Icelandic and means a ladle)
Thank you so much for those teaching lessons. Very helpful
I slowed down my work listening to this.
I hope that is a good thing 😅
Good luck!
Lessons two and moving foward, Takk
Well done! You get a ☆
Best video for Icelandic alphabet pronunciation! Love from a Chinese student who majors Icelandic in college 🫶Takk fyrir
Thanks for this. My partner is Dutch but lived in Iceland for 13 years. She wants to take me to Iceland and I want to learn Icelandic (I have already learnt enough Dutch to be proficient (I come from England)) This has been very helpful
I've liked so much...Thank you so much...
You are very welcome!
Thank you for this channel! I'm loving it. You are really good at explaining the language! Cheers from Croatia!
Glad you enjoy it! So fun to see how many different nationalities are watching this! Going to Croatia is on my (very-long) to-do list, everyone says it's beautiful!
you are such a great teacher!! thank you so much for this series ❤💕
ahhh finally I found a channel with a perfect and proper explanation. I'm from India and just started learning Icelandic and found a similar word "Amma" Amma means grandmother in Hindi too
It is so funny when we find similarities between languages where we least expect them! What a lovely connection 😊
That makes sense as Icelandic and Hindi are in the same language family
Greetings from Germany. So I watched your second Video now. And I love ur energy and how u think. It's like I can see what you are trying to tell me. You are so sweet. And i know, it's an old video, but I hope u didn't give up on the idea to teach others your beautiful language. So thank you and stay as beautiful as you are. ❤
Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much for making this channel! I've wanted to learn Icelandic ever since I can remember and I haven't really been able to find many resources so this is very helpful! And you're doing an amazing job at explaining everything!
You are very welcome, thank you for the kind words.
Gangi þér vel! / Good luck!
Thanks. I hope your attentive lessons will be useful to a future icelandic immigrant (as I am)
I hope so too! Thanks for watching 😊
Gracias por este canal! Nos haces más fácil aprender!
Muchas gracias!
You explain it so clearly. Thanks for that. ❤️
You are so very welcome. Glad I could help!
Te agradezco infinitamente por publicar este contenido, no hay muchos libros o lecciones del idioma, espero en algún punto de mi vida visitar el país. ☺
Me allegro que te gusta! Estoy segura de que algún día visitarás a Islandia!
Buena suerte / Gangi þér vel!
The Icelandic accent/pronunciation is my favorite, and the language intrigues me. I'm a linguist and language teacher. I was first introduced to Icelandic pronunciation by listening to Björk's songs. I notice the pronunciation significantly when she sings "...army of me": the 'a' and 'me'.
Thank you so much, am glad I found your channel
Welcome!
Thank you so much for your channel, you are my saver !!! I've been searching resources to help learning Icelandic and your content is very interesting and clear. 👍👍👍
I'm happy you find it useful!
Thanks so much for watching ♥
I went to Iceland this winter, and really want to go back there - got some crush on Iceland :D
So I'm starting to study your videos, thanks a lot!
Can't wait to go back there with some basics icelandic language skills :D
Have fun! I hope you will be able to understand some basic things the next time you visit Iceland ❤
Thank you so much. I'm going to study in Iceland this July! 🫶🏻
OMG so exciting! I hope you have a great time 😁
Great video, thank you for doing this. Very well explained. I'll keep watching, hope to be fluid in Icelandic some day
Thank you!
And I am sure you will manage your goal to learn Icelandic :)
Muchísimas gracias por tus videos Ása!! Aquí una suscriptora uruguaya, queriendo aprender este precioso idioma
Gracias cielo, y buena suerte!
I really want to learn this awesome language.
Btw, my first language is spanish, and my english isn't good at all. So I'm gonna do my best effort learning icelandic with these amazing videos.
I really like how you explain the mouth movements to make the sounds. I think it makes a big improvement in my pronunciation. Especially with E and É. I don't know why those are so hard for me
E and É will come to you, I am sure, E is similar to "Ever" and É is a bit like "Yeah" without the ´ah´ at the end. Good luck!
OMG! I loved to know the meaning of Ása, because is the name of my manager as well.. hehe Thank you so much! It is so good to learn with you!
Yes, names that start with Ás- are super common in Iceland.
Thank you so much!
The word 'Amma' is really interesting because in the exact same pronunciation, it means 'Mother' in my native language (Malayalam, it is a Dravidian language spoken in the south of India) and for your mother's mother or your grandmother you just add another 'Amma' and it becomes 'Ammamma'. Its weird how far apart these places and languages are and still there's somehow a similarity.
That is super interesting! Thanks so much for sharing that with me and the rest of the viewers.
Languages are fascinating 😄
Not so really weird if you study language as all those languages you mentioned are languages of the Undo-europian language or many milleniums ago. Many of our dictionarys wil go so far back as they can to trace the roots of words and many many come from Sanscript. The one thing most of the Northern Tribal groups around the world had back some 12 thousand years was not a common language but a commong galiated Ice Sheet a Kilometer thick or thicher. So consequently no one really lived or survived in Northern Asia (Russia), Northern Euroupe or Northern Americas (Canada/Alaska). So it was only as the Artic Ice Sheet receeded that some tribes could move gradually northwards. Therefore logically the languages came from the warmer climates where people still lived during the Ice age. The Hymalayers likely caused a massive language watershed which most likly was considered almost impassible till much later in the 19th & 20th centurys. So most East Asians lived in the fertile warmer climate zones more towards the South East. So with millions nestled South East of the Great Hymalaian language divide the languages did not really come from there into the Indo Europian areas. The world of course was so very different before the year 1500 as the Americas had only just been discovered. Otherwise it was not really known of and therefore clearly languages did not come from there. Africa also was considered The Dark Continent and the inner area was only first entered by David Livingstone 19 March 1813 - 1 May 1873). He arrived first in the South African Vape Colonies in 1841. So languages were not really coming out of Inner Africa.
Please let us know if you will hold a class in Iceland; it could be so much fun!
Yes I am sure it would be!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for video keep going 🤠 greeting from Morocco
Ah thanks! I've never been to Marocco, but I've heard lots of people say that it is definitely worth the visit!
Your welcome from Morocco
Are you interesting to visit Morocco?
@@zakariazaki7513 Sure! I think visiting one day would be fun. A friend of mine recently visited the desert in Morocco and he fell completely in love ❤
I am from Wales, so I was brought up with Welsh as my first language, I find that the vowel pronunciations and the sounds are very similar to Welsh, some people would find that difficult to believe as Icelandic derived from Norse which was Germanic language, where as welsh derived from the Celtics. But yes we have very similar pronunciations and sounds to you.
Yes! Welsh sounds pretty funny, lots of similar sounds, but yet we don't understand anything!
Yea people are idiots, it's not hard to believe in the slightest
Thank you 😊
I am Algerian I wish learning icelandic language I hope to help me
I love learning language and culture and traditions in this world I waiting you for helping
Thank you so much
Merci beaucoup
Gracias
Good luck! / Gangi þér vel!
Thanks 😊
You're welcome!
3 Icelandic men walk into a bar in the UK. They all scream, “ÁÁ!!”
A bystander calls for an ambulance, and the paramedics ask, “Þarftu hjálp? Do you need help?” and all 3 reply “É!”.
Is 'Á' the closest thing to the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish 'å'? (Even though if it is, it is still clearly distinct from 'å'?
Also, generally, good work. No annoying (and unneeded) sounds or music. No vacuous thumbnail and idiotic title. No overproduced nonsense and excessive editing. Informative, well paced, and pertinent graphics when needed. 10/10.
No, Icelandic ‘O’ is the closest thing to scandinavian ‘Å’, pronounced like ‘o’ in english «born»
I would say that "Á" is a combination of "A" and a long "U"
From linguistics point of view, then yes Á is the closest thing to å. In the sense that lots of word which have the same origin in the languages use Á in icelandic, and å in the Scandinavian. The most obvious example would be my name, Ása in Icelandic, and åsa or åse in Scandinavian. There are countless more examples of this.
From a pronunciation point of view, Á is quite different. Á would be A-Ú, while å would be closer to O in Icelandic (but not exactly the same). We do not really have the exact å-sound in Icelandic.
Starting my journey
Good luck! / Gangi þér vel!
Thank you!!
Thank you for watching!
Cool! I subbed
Takk
As an American-English speaking Midwesterner, from Missouri, some of the Icelandic alphabet is difficult to pronounce. It is difficult for me to trill (roll) my R's, because we have very few letters and word combinations that require this. I can make a similar, half - trill, type of sound by associating the "Thhhh" sound, an example being the word "this". I can not easily produce the sound for the Icelandic word "For", nor can I produce the sound for the Icelandic letter "R". It is spoken like the Spanish word Perro, with the R being trilled. Any tips on accomplishing this? I appreciate the feedback. Also, great content.
TLDR;
How to roll your "R" or "rr" pronunciations easier, as a Midwestern Farm-Boy with little exposure to double - R trills..
Thanks!
I try to explain this in EP.03!
Take a look, and try to practise, and if you still have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
(And if you don't get it perfectly right away, don't worry, it's a matter of practise, and even if you don't get the rolling Rs your Icelandic will still be completely understandable - so please don´t get discouraged!)
Good luck / Gangi þér vel!
Takk Fyrir!
I know some Faroese prononciation, and oh my god, they prononce vowels and consonnants so differently.. can you tell also ? Tackar för dina videor (det enda språket som jag kan)
Yes, Faroese sounds so funny to us, because it is so very close to Icelandic, but the pronunciation is all different!
AFrikaans is also a Germanic language derived from Dutch.
In Afrikaans Amma=Ouma for grandmother.
I = Ek in Afrikaans.
For = Vir in Afrikaans.
kkkkkkkkkkkkk 😅 "Ása á Á á á" makes me remember of the chinese "shi shi shi" poem
For me at 12:57 it sounds like Ísland and like Ístland at 13:01 :D
Yes, sorry about that, but sometimes when pronouncing Ísland, it sounds like Ístland, especially in more casual speech. Sometimes we click the L in the middle of words when it is easier for us (yes, I know, it's only easier for us and nobody else 😂).
Both are perfectly acceptable, but Icelanders will more commonly say something like Ístland than Ísland, while the latter would be more likely to appear in more formal, well-enunciated speech.
Takk fyrir
Me after this video: "MOM, Ása á Á á á" 🤩🤘
I imagine your mother is very proud (and/or annoyed).
Well done - you are speaking Icelandic now!
What is the purpose of "y"? Was it historically [y], like "ü" in German?
Yes, historically it was different in pronunciation, more similar to danish/norwegian/swedish I think... Very old people sometimes make a slight difference, but it is very rare.
Hey i was wondering if you have any other forms of social media?
Not at the moment, no... maybe I'll add some later, but it's currently undecided.
@@letslearnicelandic405 completely understandable
the word "fyrir" gave me the most trouble. "R"s can be tricky for me. either i genuinely cant pronounce them, or i over think them. in any language.
Yes, the Icelandic Rs are tough - so you are not alone!
But with practise, I am sure you will improve, little by little. Being perfect isn't the goal - but improving is.
Good luck!
Á sounds like the diphtong "ou" in ouch
Yes, that is exactly the sound.
And when Icelanders are hurt, we say ´Á´ or ´Ái´
as a Hungarian it's actually easy to pronounce these
Great!!! Luck you!
Funny thing that the letter A' is pronounced in Polish like a sound which you make when you hurt yourself :)
Yes! This is also in Icelandic, when we hurt ourselves we say "Á" and sometimes even "Ái" - Funny that Polish is the same!
Þakka þér fyrir
So let me get this straight: I is like the "i" in "in" in English? Say that ten times fast...
Exactly!
(and I gave up after two times fast 😅
I don't understand how just the letter Á can mean "a farm called River."
Another question: I was told that the Icelandic language is called Íslansku, but here you pronounce it Íslanska. Is Íslansku used in other contexts?
OK, so "á" means river in Icelandic, very normally. So if you name a farm "river" in Icelandic it would be "Á" :)
From context and choice of the proposition you can see that it is a farm, and not something else.
Then "á" can also mean a "sheep" or "to own" (in a certain grammatical forms), and also the proposition "on" - these are all phononyms.
Your second question has to do with grammar.
If you look up "the Icelandic language" in the dictionary your answer will be:
"íslenska"
However, Icelandic has 4 cases of nouns/adjectives, and this is just the nominative case. In the other three cases it happens to be:
"íslensku"
so this is why you will sometimes hear íslenska and sometimes íslensku, depending on the context.
But don't worry about that too much for now!
In future lessons I will go over the cases and how to use them, but we have plenty to learn before then :)
Thanks for the questions!
@@letslearnicelandic405 Takk fyrir that helpful explanation!
As a hungarian i find these pronouncinaciouns not that difficult
That's great news!
Maybe Hungarian is a good basis for Icelandic pronunciation (even though the languages are totally different).
Some of the Icelandic consonants are slightly more tricky - but hopefully you'll manage them well too.
Good luck! / Gangi þér vel!
It seems as though every Germanic language has its own idea of how to map vowel sounds to vowel letters.
Yes! I really do think that is true!
Góð vinna
i feel like one of those people that cant click their fingers or whistle, its so hard to roll my tongue
Yes, for some people it seems impossible, but hopefully you will manage with time. If not, know that your Icelandic will still be very understandable - which is the most important part.