Thank you for every one of your videos! The pronunciation ones are making a huge difference because of the subtleties you point out. I’m moving on to grammar with you. Please keep them coming!
I've been exposed to Norwegian..I completed 12 sections of DuoLingo Norwegian sometime in the middle of 2020..and I'm really seeing a lot of similarities in pronunciation..and the words too..The question words especially are really similar to the ones in Norwegian..
Hi! Is there a special rule for the combination "LG"? In "Helga" you pronounce the "g" more a "k". In your video about the letter "G" this combination is not mentioned. Takk!
Spanish speaker here. I’m an Icelandic beginner student, because I love this language, but I struggle with the “i” vowel. I’m able to distinguish between “I” and “Í” if both are pronounced, but I don’t know how I must to put my tongue and my mouth to pronounce the phoneme what represent the vowel “I” without check mark.
I can appreciate your frustration, my friend. These two sounds are difficult for a lot of learners. Icelandic Í is the same as Spanish I, but Icelandic I is somewhere between Spanish I and E. Best of luck to you!
I felt the same way when I started learning Icelandic! As a foreigner, sounds in a new language can be difficult to distinguish. But once you become aware that they are pronounced differently, you’ll slowly start hearing the difference.
@@higgsboson6938 you’re right, I don’t discuss that particular combination. Basically unless G is between vowels it is voiceless, giving it a K-like sound. I guess you could say the K sound is the default, but it changes when it is between vowels. Let me know if that answers your question :)
Thank you for every one of your videos! The pronunciation ones are making a huge difference because of the subtleties you point out. I’m moving on to grammar with you. Please keep them coming!
These are the best on youtube!! Takk
Your channel is gold. Big thank you!
Takk! Thanks! Gracias!
I am stepping up from video to video and all I can say is: so far so good! Thanks once again.
Thank you much for your video lessons, I have progressed a lot. Takk!
Another excellent video, thanks. One suggestion: don’t assume that all native English speakers are American, or that all your listeners are American.
Thank you for the comment, in the future I’ll try to remember to specify that I am referring to American pronunciation!
I've been exposed to Norwegian..I completed 12 sections of DuoLingo Norwegian sometime in the middle of 2020..and I'm really seeing a lot of similarities in pronunciation..and the words too..The question words especially are really similar to the ones in Norwegian..
Great video!
One question: Are vowels long only when they're followed by one consonant?
Thank you! That is part of the rule. Check out my video called "sounding like an icelander" for more discussion :)
Hi! Is there a special rule for the combination "LG"? In "Helga" you pronounce the "g" more a "k". In your video about the letter "G" this combination is not mentioned. Takk!
You're correct, the G in the LG combination sounds more like a K, just like in RG and NG :)
Spanish speaker here. I’m an Icelandic beginner student, because I love this language, but I struggle with the “i” vowel. I’m able to distinguish between “I” and “Í” if both are pronounced, but I don’t know how I must to put my tongue and my mouth to pronounce the phoneme what represent the vowel “I” without check mark.
I can appreciate your frustration, my friend. These two sounds are difficult for a lot of learners. Icelandic Í is the same as Spanish I, but Icelandic I is somewhere between Spanish I and E. Best of luck to you!
@@icelandicforforeigners Thank you very much. Takk fyrir svarið þitt!
i literally heard no difference between the two i's.
I felt the same way when I started learning Icelandic! As a foreigner, sounds in a new language can be difficult to distinguish. But once you become aware that they are pronounced differently, you’ll slowly start hearing the difference.
takk fyrir.
Why helga sound like helka?
what the rule?
G is a tricky letter in Icelandic that has several different possible sounds! Check out my video on F and G for the rule
rg,ng,gl,gn combination in F and g video
But helga what is combination?
@@higgsboson6938 you’re right, I don’t discuss that particular combination. Basically unless G is between vowels it is voiceless, giving it a K-like sound. I guess you could say the K sound is the default, but it changes when it is between vowels. Let me know if that answers your question :)
@@icelandicforforeigners agi,egi,igi,ogi,ugi g is between vowel but sound not k
sound like j
@@higgsboson6938 Right, it does not sound like K between vowels.