Just wanted to say that I know I used Hatari in my thumbnail but I absolutely love them! They were ofc my number one pick for Eurovision this year wooho! ..I know a lot of fans of Hatari watch my channel so hi! Also don’t forget to TURN ON THE SUBTITLES haha because I speak a little Icelandic in the video ❤️❤️❤️
Don't feel awkward or embarrassed. You're channel is a HUGE positive resource for anybody that is genuinely interested in your culture. I'm from the US and love to learn others' culture. Admittedly recently the viking wave has brought me to learn more about Iceland and ultimately your channel. You are very brave in what are doing. Always be confident in everything you do. Keep pursuing your dreams because your dreams were given to you to go after.
My wife and I want to visit Iceland, going on your tourist topic. I was raised better than to “be a tourist” when I traveled with my parents. It’s so much better to visit small places and get to know the locals and their culture, and not impose our culture while visiting. I’ve heard the horror stories of people going to Iceland and invading peoples privacy, being loud, rude, etc. We’d fly into Reykjavík and rent a car and head east. Don’t speak much Icelandic but I’m hoping Norwegian can at least help us get by, since I’ve heard Icelanders can somewhat understand what Norwegians are trying to say
"Language is so complicated. Icelandic is one of the hardest language to learn in the world. Grammatically Icelandic is so freaking complicated that even Icelanders have troubles sometimes" - Poland and Polish people enjoy the challenge ;) Nice white cat, my girlfriend has white cat too :)
just thing about it... She explain you 2-3 times it is a small country, it is relevant to a working place. It is not the best idea to be rude there,. And why the f*** we need to offending someone... She just trying not to, there is nothing wrong...
"People in Iceland always do the same thing depending on the weather. If it's sunny, everyone is swimming, if it's raining, everyone is at IKEA, if it's snowing, everyone is at (not sure what this word is, sounds like "bláfjoll") and skiing or snowboarding. Everyone crowds together and everyone is all in the same place. It's like we (something) come together because we have the same idea." Tbh this is all ive got ive only been learning icelandic for a couple weeks
Mass tourism is a huge problem , Icelanders needs to be careful. Look at what happen to other countries like Thailand or some cites in Europe. It's barely liveable 😩
That's a bit of an exaggeration. Some places would be dead without tourism too. There are many things that go into sensible tourism. Definitely hard for smaller locations to handle masses of people, but it's a bit hard to control.
@@zeynep-tk3vq Oh trust me it is. Yesterday i was going to bed and heard the sound of a bug flying which i thought was a fly by the window or something. Nope. It was one of those flying spidery things that came flying right above me. My soul has left my body
@@einhorntaschentuch9404 actually icelandic is more difficult than german. Icelandic remains as the closest langugae to old German, from a lot of centuries ago, since it was isolated and without contact to other languages till not long ago. It has a lot of grammatical details etc. way harder(a germanist talking here)
I live in Rome and I feel the same way about tourists, it’s always so full of tourists, in every season, no matter the weather, there are tourists everywhere
Personally, I wish Iceland would limit tourism for certain times out of the year or block places off more like they do in other countries or touristy places. I hate seeing tourists destroy and humiliate things that are sacred to the Icelandic people.
Tourists should not destroy places, true! But blocking off places is definitely a bad solution. It should be possible for everyone to enjoy the nature. I do know that it is hard to check who destroys things, but limiting access is not the solution. In e.g. the US, their stupid permit system sometimes makes it impossible for visitors to see places if they're not living there and can go at any time. Nature should be a place for everybody (which was why US national parks were developed in the beginning...) and definitely NOT any kind of lottery!
That’s true. I’m Italian and I’m in Rome right now, and it’s EXTREMELY crowded. Unfortunately, a lot of tourists (foreigners, but also Italians) leave trash everywhere in the streets of the city. And I absolutely hate it!
As a Bostonian, I agree with you about frustrating tourists. However, because I have traveled to many different places outside of the US, I have learned so much about cultural differences, so I always take that into account before I get upset about anything. Also, Boston is such an eclectic, melting pot of people, that does help us to be more accommodating to visitors from all over.
When I was in England and I told one boy that I'm from Poland, he asked me: "It's part od Russia, right? Do you see polar bears on the streets?". I made huge face palm
I have a Slovakian friend, here in the UK, and she works in a library! She has lived here for years is fluent in English so she used to read the stories at story time! One day her manager gave the story time job to someone else and said to my friend - "don't worry, you can read the stories in Polish!" She was like - "I'm from Slovakia so I speak Slovak, not Polish!" Many people here, where I live in the UK, thinks everybody with an Eastern European accent is Polish - how daft eh? 🙄
I'm so sorry people called you ungrateful. There's just so many people that just look for a reason to piss and moan and can't take things for what they are. It's just you giving us a taste of what it's like where you live. I think that's great and I hope you continue to make videos like this.
I speak "scandinavian" wich is a mix of danish norwegian and swedish and most ppl who try to understand me do in Scandinavia but when I speak Icelandic they are puzzled
@@beatlesrgear They are the same language from the beginning. We have only become much more influenced by other languages in Europe over time than Iceland have.
I am in nursing school right now in the US and visited Iceland last summer and fell in love, I was considering moving there, but if the healthcare workers are not properly compensated there or if there are some issues with the health care system I would really appreciate if you could explain more in a future video or in a reply to this comment. Thank you so much! Your makeup looks very pretty :)
Hrafna, there are always going to be people who complain about what you're doing. The trick is not to let them get to you. Most people understand that you are just having fun while informing people. Keep doing what you're doing. You're terrific!
Anna Curdoglo (just letting you know that I’m giving you a tip!) you can use the app HiNative, tHIs ComMeNt Is SponCoereeeed- ok sorry lol I’ll stop, but seriously though, I love that app, Icelandic people help others learn their language and stuff like that
Slovakia here ! Probably most people reading this comment will think of Slovenia but that's something different. Slovakia has many similarities to Iceland including hard language, beautiful nature... Enjoyed the video !!!
In fact, Hatari's music is not my type of music - usually. But I love them because they showed me what kind of country is Iceland or what kind of people live there. And I'm in love with all you now 💙🇮🇸
I don’t live in a small country but my town is small. Everyone knows everyone so when one person does something wrong someone else just goes and tells his mom on him. It doesn’t matter how old you are. We seem to have a lot of the same problems. Also, when it gets cold we don’t go skiing we all go sledding. We take our kids to the highest hill we can find and we just have fun. But, when it’s hot then everyone wants to go swimming. Thanks for the video. It’s cool seeing the similarities in our countries.
I live here for more than 2 years and what I like and dislike about Iceland is: - the thing which I hate about Iceland the most is that HORRIBLE WEATHER! - on the other side I like people. They are very nice, relaxed, chilled, not stressing , they dont understimate the others (in my experiences) and always behave to others with respect (even they are in different positions). For example in my country are people many times very angry and rude to other without reason. because they can be. For example in bank to customers, doctors and nurses to patients, teachers to students, at all kinds of offices, etc.. Because they think they are something "more" than others or what, (because they know about situation more). Then people have low self confidence and understimets themselves which is sad :/ In iceland everybody everywhere was very kind to me..in bank, at school, at work (bosses acting like friends :o), at all offices Ive been to, which was very surprising for me. But thats how everybody should behave! we are all equals, nobody is "better" or "worse"! That Iceland taught me and Im thankful for it..
What country are you originally from? I want to know so I could avoid it. I kinda got the feeling Iceland was like that. It's because they are like one close family. I hope Iceland stays like that and people don't try to ruin it. I want to live there too! I believe everyone should be treated equal. I'm not a feminist though. I'm a child of God.
@@sidynqa YES I agree. I'm from Canada and I've been living in central Europe in the British part of Spain for three years now and the people are incredibly rude here(particularly the brits) .
@UCtZ3I_gAXR6dz7c0P-QGnHw good for you! :) I love boh Canada and Spain :) been there. now Im in London :D (love travelling :D ) come to Iceland one day..people are very nice :)
@@sidynqa yes I'd love to go to Iceland. I believe everyone is made by God and should be treated with equality and respect. Once you start putting people above each other and acting superior is when you get bitter people in society who end up shooting up schools. I bet Iceland doesn't have that issue very often
Shit people say when they find out I'm Icelandic: "Wait so like... Iceland is green but Greenland is icey? wacky bro." "How do you pronounce that volcano again? Eyfananajoke? Yeah yeah, that's it, right?" "OMG, I love Bjork!"
Every country has to deal with things like that. As a German from Bavaria i get questions like "oh why don't you wear Lederhosen " " don't you listen to German folk music" "how is it to live in a country most of the others hate because of WW2" and omg, tons of Nazi jokes... some people you just met a few hours ago go right in it because they think all of them are funny. No matter what country and generation, 100 years ago or today. These stereotypes will survive us all :) I think most of these people are just really clumsy and socially awkward and don't really mean it in a bad way. But I get it, sometimes it's a bit frustrating.
I get what you mean about tourists. I visited London only twice in my life (I'm from the UK and live in the North) and when I went it was absolutely heaving with tourists. I've never seen anywhere so busy. I felt so uncomfortable with the crowds. I don't know how people from London actually cope with all the people there. It's crazy. :O
If you really think about it, if you’re the first RUclipsr from Iceland, then you’re already a legend and maybe it’ll push other people from Iceland who wants to be RUclipsrs and start their channels. Keep up the great work, love from 🇺🇸
I'm not sure who would be petty enough to call you ungrateful.you do not strike me as a person void of gratitude.in fact I get quite the opposite impression I see you love your homeland and the people in your country enough to share it with the rest of the world.i appreciate what you do and I definitely enjoy your videos.dont apologize so much.not everyone is so easily offended.
You have 4 cases in Icelandic, in Polish we have 7 and SO many languages have even more. I strongly believe it's common in every language to have troubles with grammar or spelling (for natives I mean). Half of population in Poland mistake the conjugation or declension of words, and don't know if it should be "powiedziałby" or "powiedział by" (first is correct) or "dziewczynom" instead of "dziewczyną" (correctness depends on the case but some people don't know it). So Icelanders aren't special and alone in that problem.
Finnish have 15 (?) Different cases and of corse I can stack them up and add possesion indicators on them and so on. You can get a lot of different forms like that. All the verbs have similar thing going on as well. For example "juoksentelisinko" means "I wonder if I should run around aimlessly" or "koirinenikin" means "even with my dogs" There are a lot longer and crazier examples but they get too crazy even for native speakers ^^
@@jogobella1408 Latin, the language were spanish developed from, had also 7 cases, but the endings started to be dropped to the point that the case system wasn't sustainable anymore. Slavic languages are the only indoeuropean languages that have retained the case system so well
@@caller145 Well, but finish is a agglunative language while polish is a fusional one. Declension in polish is much more difficult to learn, as there's a lot of different types of declension.
Hrafna- I am from the future, I jumped through a wormhole, but I need to get a message to you. In 2020 a virus pandemic (no zombies) will consume the world and stop all travel. Soon you will be able to travel beautiful Iceland without tourists...all to yourself. My portal is closing, so I must go. Bless bless
The saddest moment is seeing you sad it almost made me cry, from 1:37 to 1:42, who ever was mean to you ignore them or block them, be happy and do your thing we are with you.
I don't feel your being negative , I'm from the USA and i don't know what it's like in your country like what you do and don't have so i feel your videos really educate me on your county , thank you so much i enjoy learning about your country
1:56 I can really relate to that. It becomes especially problematic in school, when you are expected to write a text in a certain language, but your brain messes up and you suddenly can't remember how the word you have in your head translates into the required language.
Don't worry about the negative comments. You are allowed to hate and not like things. Just because you live and grow up somewhere does not mean you can't dislike things in the country. Your videos are always lots of fun to watch. I was crazy about Iceland when I found out it was the country with no mosquitoes and I came across your channel when I was trying to learn everything about Iceland. Thank you for your time and making these videos. You are doing amazing :) Stay safe and take care.
Hrafna, Hello from Russia! This is a grteat video, specially your speach in Iceladic. It's very beautiful. I adore scandinavian languages and know Norvegian language and now I want to start learning Icelandic! PS. You are great girl!
In others countries also most people make mistakes in their native language. I think it's totally normal because a language is alive and evolve constantly. It's not related to the complexity of a language. A lot of languages have cases (German, Finnish...) and it's totally possible to learn them :) BTW your cat is so cute ❤️
Aloha! Just discovered your channel like a day ago and I’m really enjoying your content. Keep it up girl! Anyway just wanted to say that I totally get your point about the tourist and stuff. I live in Hawai’i and it’s the exact same thing here. It sucks but it is what it is. Keep up with the amazing content! Me Ke aloha Nui 🤙🏾
Even though I don’t speak the language, I liked it when you started speaking in Icelandic to fully express how you feel about swimming. 😊 Plus I happen to think your native language sounds quite beautiful 💗
Please understand, I have a lot of friends from other countries, but, there's one thing you *all* have in common. When frustration builds up, (usually because you're trying to explain something that frustrates you, and trying to express it in English), you wind up having to express what bothers you in your own language. I say this with love, it's kind of adorable and I get it. I grew up at a beach, so yeah; cars would be stretched out on the road for *miles* trying to inch their way along looking for a parking space so everyone and their sister could bring their trash onto our beautiful golden beaches...
As a person who has spent most of their life in Minnesota, I can relate to your first complaint. Also, as an American, I can relate to living in a country where much of the population is terrible at their own language. Anyway, I'm happy your channel is around. It has been my plan for a while to eventually retire in Iceland, so it is nice to hear different perspectives.
My guess is that it's underfunded by the government. Very few doctors, specialists and hospitals. Low pay which keeps people from training for healthcare jobs, etc. From an American. :-)
@@iggieagle6366 My wife is a nurse in the US me, a welder. I was looking to compare wages of the two professions. Nurse make considerably less in Iceland. With the cost of living so high who would want to go into a career that pays so little with such high level of education?
Don't pay attention to those negative comments. You are beautiful. Its ok to have your own opinion. Never let negative people stop you. I enjoy your videos.
Europe has a lot of tourists as well BUT plus we have those motorhomes everywhere. So, you go to some remote spot and want to enjoy scenery by yourself, but then you might find there are already 2-3 motorhomes parked in the scenic spot. You want to drive somewhere, but traffic is so slow, because of some motorhome moving slowly and not letting anyone pass. Luckily there is no threat in Iceland for motorhome invasion.
As a Canadian that lived on the prairies, right there with ya with the winter issues with our cars. As soon as it gets below -10 we have to plug our cars in, and once it hits -40 in January or so (some places the poor bastards get -60) we still have issues starting cars. They gotta run for about 30 minutes and you hope the steeringwheel warmed up enough to not burn your hands on it. Then digging the snow out of the way to get out of the driveway is an added bonus. Tempermental weather, wind (though not as intense as what you guys get from what I've learned).
It never seems that You are complaining or ungrateful, You are just informing People that are thinking about Visiting or Moving there, don’t pay any attention to haters, I love Your Videos and information, thank you!!
Es gibt keinen Gott I'm only 1/4 German so I'll reply in English. If you name isn't a joke I would not go to Iceland. Iceland is highly religious. I do not recommend living there as a non Christian.
I actually understand your thing about tourists...I am visiting in February 2023 (low tourist season, thankfully) for the first time and I am ALREADY researching things about Iceland so I can make the most out of my trip AND be as respectful as possible. I have already taken the Icelandic pledge. I am from London, I love my city and its Royal Parks (in this place people leave litter, get FAR too close to the deer and don't respect these areas the way they should) but I understand what you mean about tourists being EVERYWHERE when you want to explore where you live, also...not all tourists but some; the lack of respect they can demonstrate for the place they are visiting is insane! It is not difficult to be a good and respectful tourist, just takes a little research.
Your English is near perfect. You have a slight Scandinavian accent that in no way impedes understanding. Your diction, grammar, syntax, and use of colloquialisms is unassailable... masterful. Your style of English is very Americanized. Additionally, you seem very young. How did you become so fluent at such a young age? It seems like you must have spent years in North America with many attentive private tutors. If you have not, you are brilliant--- a genius with a special knack for languages.
Whenever you feel bit down in Iceland, visit Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. There are 40,000 Icelanders live there permanently. You can speak Icelandic there and get all Amazon parcels.
I loved hearing Icelandic spoken by a native speaker, for once! I think that may well have been the first time I've ever heard it spoken by someone actually brought up in the language. It's so beautiful sounding! And yeah, it IS an extremely difficult language to learn... I love learning languages though so I'm up for a good challenge! I think the reason it's so hard is because it just hasn't really changed much since the Old Norse days due to its relative isolation from any leveling influences. In fact, I've often heard it said that modern-day Icelanders can quite easily read the Sagas with little to no translation necessary. I dunno how true that assertion really is (maybe you can clarify that for me?), but it seems at least plausible. Icelandic and Faroese, though, would surely be the closest anyone could get to hearing what Old Norse would've sounded like (similar to how Lithuanian is the closest anyone can hope to get to what Proto-Indo-European would've been like). It sounds cool as hell when you speak it! The fact that you can speak it so beautifully is so freaking awesome to a language-head like me :D In stark contrast to Icelandic, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian have all been extremely leveled out due to centuries of constant contact with both each other and neighboring countries. Now, they all resemble each other so much that you can get a Dane, Swede and a Norwegian together and watch them all comfortably have a conversation with each other with only minor concessions being made to accommodate the few differences that DO still exist. Actually, one thing I'm curious about is Icelandic's intelligibility with Faroese, if any. ARE they mutually intelligible to any degree? It seems like there would be, even if it were only small. Certainly they'd have to be more intelligible with each other than either is to the three mainland languages, right?
3 things I have to say. 1. It’s hard to hate you or be angry on you. You are so beautiful. So it’s impossible to hate you. You can say whatever you want. 2. What that pouch doing on your chest??? 3. OMG, Island language is very beautiful. I’m in loved!!!
Sorry to hear that people didn’t get that you are just expressing yourself. I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. Look at it this way, they had to watch the videos to Critique the video.
Just wanted to say that I know I used Hatari in my thumbnail but I absolutely love them! They were ofc my number one pick for Eurovision this year wooho! ..I know a lot of fans of Hatari watch my channel so hi!
Also don’t forget to TURN ON THE SUBTITLES haha because I speak a little Icelandic in the video ❤️❤️❤️
Whew, I was worried there for a second, haha! They were absolutely the gem this year.
Get dat clickbaite thumbnail traffic yo! Cool makeup & bumbag matching!
kaymackgee thank youu!!🧡
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Recommend Icelandic music! Must be super interesting. Greetings from Mexico :)
"It's so hard to explain this in English."
It's ok, take your time
*Starts speaking in Icelandic*
No wait, that's illegal
no, a lot of people don`speak Icelandic, i am realy like Iceland,but i don`t speak , because i`m from Russia
Turn on subtitles
@@secret4354 I believe she's speaking to an English speaking audience like myself. I understand her English if you're criticizing that.
@@constatinexipalaeologus507 No I'm saying at the time she starts speaking Icelandic, you can turn on English subtitles
So basically she means "mob mentality." Even though they're big on the individual self.
Can we have an entire video of you speaking Icelandic with subtitles? The language sounds unbelievably amazing. I need to learn it faster
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@@bjornorir3435 thank you!
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my entire life...
@@john7569 your literally an old person stfu
@@john7569 how, exactly?
Your subs make up a third of Iceland’s population
Now more than two-third
Now more than two-third
And 80% Subscribers not from Iceland
Like me
Oh gosh I didn’t know the cat was there until it moved 😂😂😂
lol how do you not see it. i was looking at it and waiting for it to move.
Same here, lol! Such a cute kitty too!!!
I didn’t notice until I read you’re comment, 😂 edit was an autocorrect/sausage finger problem.
I did not see it until I read this comment
Same here haha omg I thought it was all blanked 😂😂
I'm living in Iceland for two months now and I love it. 🇮🇸😍
When she started talking in icelandic in the middle of a sentence I was like wtf is is going on 😂
Hahaha😂🙈
simona kondrotaite same lol oh well
Like watching Lord of the rings hearing he Elves speak 😉.
@@kaasman78 More like watching the auto-generated subtitles having a stroke.
You haven't heard the Albanian language yet
Turists everywhere
*MALLORCA ENTERED THE CHAT*
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@@juanb2715 Tranqui, Colau hará limpieza.
@@UpTheIrons5013 Cómo debería ser, limpiando como buena mujer
En Barcelona os la han "COLAU"
DONT FORGET TO TURN ON YOUR SUBTITLES haha!!! I speak a little Icelandic in this video
To late. I did not see that coming so I need to re-watch
"a little". Damn I nearly cried that time😂
Okay, thanks for the warning! Helped a lot.
Turned on the subtitles and 😂 at one point it said you make a good soup.
Don't feel awkward or embarrassed. You're channel is a HUGE positive resource for anybody that is genuinely interested in your culture. I'm from the US and love to learn others' culture. Admittedly recently the viking wave has brought me to learn more about Iceland and ultimately your channel. You are very brave in what are doing. Always be confident in everything you do. Keep pursuing your dreams because your dreams were given to you to go after.
I see Hatari, I click.
Yes
same
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My wife and I want to visit Iceland, going on your tourist topic. I was raised better than to “be a tourist” when I traveled with my parents. It’s so much better to visit small places and get to know the locals and their culture, and not impose our culture while visiting. I’ve heard the horror stories of people going to Iceland and invading peoples privacy, being loud, rude, etc. We’d fly into Reykjavík and rent a car and head east. Don’t speak much Icelandic but I’m hoping Norwegian can at least help us get by, since I’ve heard Icelanders can somewhat understand what Norwegians are trying to say
The people who throw trash are simply rubbish
Davið Icelandic yeah that's so rude what's the point of throwing trash
I don't know
They're just lazy
I agree they're very toxic and polluting. Good thing they are cleaners who are appreciated deeply yes!!!!👍😅
Þeir ERU rusl xd
"Language is so complicated. Icelandic is one of the hardest language to learn in the world. Grammatically Icelandic is so freaking complicated that even Icelanders have troubles sometimes" - Poland and Polish people enjoy the challenge ;) Nice white cat, my girlfriend has white cat too :)
Why are there so many z’s in your words?
The Worst thing is people have to apologize first 2 minutes of video just to not get anyone triggered :(
Ikr, that's sad
I know. Too many pussies in the world. If this offends anyone.. good. Fuck you
For real, no country is perfect.
just thing about it... She explain you 2-3 times it is a small country, it is relevant to a working place. It is not the best idea to be rude there,. And why the f*** we need to offending someone... She just trying not to, there is nothing wrong...
Desperoro true
The Icelandic sounds beautiful, would be appreciated if you add more 'linguistic content' 😌
When I was in Iceland 2 years ago, i couldn't enjoy it either to be honest. I wanted to look at the beautiful landscape and not at 1000 selfiesticks
all those other tourists are so annoying
All tourists are annoying
Yes, all tourists are annoying inclusing you :D :P
@@fouziakhan9324 ok I understand that I was a tourist as well. There were just tourists that annoyed ME
@@fouziakhan9324 yes
Love when 10:56 you start to speak elvish :)
Aki Tervo
Ha ha
When she said "$#%¥öøòäåéůěôûïcd $!aè" towards the end, I felt that
"People in Iceland always do the same thing depending on the weather. If it's sunny, everyone is swimming, if it's raining, everyone is at IKEA, if it's snowing, everyone is at (not sure what this word is, sounds like "bláfjoll") and skiing or snowboarding. Everyone crowds together and everyone is all in the same place. It's like we (something) come together because we have the same idea." Tbh this is all ive got ive only been learning icelandic for a couple weeks
When you started speaking Icelandic I realised how much I love the sound of it 😍
"worst things about living in Iceland"
*sees hatari*
wait-
Just what I thought😂
They are the worst thing in general
@@dors.sc1 well that's not what I meant. I really love Hatari tbh
Saaamee
Αθηνά Τσαμπουλατίδη μόλις το είδα έπρεπε να κάνω κλικ αμέσως 😂
Mass tourism is a huge problem , Icelanders needs to be careful. Look at what happen to other countries like Thailand or some cites in Europe. It's barely liveable 😩
That's a bit of an exaggeration. Some places would be dead without tourism too. There are many things that go into sensible tourism. Definitely hard for smaller locations to handle masses of people, but it's a bit hard to control.
you don't have mosquitoes in Iceland, it is amazing. Iceland is the luckiest and the best country ever just because of that.
Benediximus Is Me We have another kind of flies called ‘’mýflugur’’ wich are just as annoying as mosquitoes.
Yeah ice let the zika flow through you xd
Mýflugur= basically flying spiders
@@PedroOliveira-ls9qm i can't even imagine that must be frightening
@@zeynep-tk3vq Oh trust me it is. Yesterday i was going to bed and heard the sound of a bug flying which i thought was a fly by the window or something. Nope. It was one of those flying spidery things that came flying right above me. My soul has left my body
Hrafna: "Icelandic is hard"
me: laughs in hungarian.
Laughs in German
@@einhorntaschentuch9404 it's easy.
Laughs in polish
Hahaha
@@einhorntaschentuch9404 actually icelandic is more difficult than german. Icelandic remains as the closest langugae to old German, from a lot of centuries ago, since it was isolated and without contact to other languages till not long ago. It has a lot of grammatical details etc. way harder(a germanist talking here)
The soft kitty in the back just lounging ❤
I live in Rome and I feel the same way about tourists, it’s always so full of tourists, in every season, no matter the weather, there are tourists everywhere
Personally, I wish Iceland would limit tourism for certain times out of the year or block places off more like they do in other countries or touristy places. I hate seeing tourists destroy and humiliate things that are sacred to the Icelandic people.
Matt H. Yeah that annoys me that tourists break the rules anywhere
Tourists should not destroy places, true! But blocking off places is definitely a bad solution. It should be possible for everyone to enjoy the nature.
I do know that it is hard to check who destroys things, but limiting access is not the solution.
In e.g. the US, their stupid permit system sometimes makes it impossible for visitors to see places if they're not living there and can go at any time. Nature should be a place for everybody (which was why US national parks were developed in the beginning...) and definitely NOT any kind of lottery!
That’s true. I’m Italian and I’m in Rome right now, and it’s EXTREMELY crowded.
Unfortunately, a lot of tourists (foreigners, but also Italians) leave trash everywhere in the streets of the city. And I absolutely hate it!
well that's some money for ya but I would definitely ban all asian tourists
I was thinking the same thing. I'm not even from there but a break would be a time for Icelanders to enjoy their own country in peace!
As a Bostonian, I agree with you about frustrating tourists. However, because I have traveled to many different places outside of the US, I have learned so much about cultural differences, so I always take that into account before I get upset about anything. Also, Boston is such an eclectic, melting pot of people, that does help us to be more accommodating to visitors from all over.
Clicked as soon as i saw Hatari!!!
@Helder Cunha Stfu idiot
Helder Cunha shut up mate
@Helder Cunha shut the fuck up
Wtf is hatari. Someone enlighten me
@@evanb0869 It's an Icelandic punk band, they're kinda controversial though haha. They were representing Iceland on Eurovision this year.
Me: being concentrate to understand english
Hrafna: start speaking icelandic
Me: 👁️👄👁️
😂
x2 Yo practico inglés con Hrafna por que es muy fácil entenderle a diferencia de otros youtubers :)
I laugh at thy pain
@White lives Matter Yes, I'm mexican :)
@@themedjay4559 es cierto, es muy facil seguirle el ritmo incluso si uno no es muy bueno en ingles
When I was in England and I told one boy that I'm from Poland, he asked me: "It's part od Russia, right? Do you see polar bears on the streets?". I made huge face palm
I read fudgepalm, face palm makes more sense.
I think that sometimes the whole Eastern Europe seems to be one huge Russia for the rest of the world 😄😂😃
I have a Slovakian friend, here in the UK, and she works in a library! She has lived here for years is fluent in English so she used to read the stories at story time! One day her manager gave the story time job to someone else and said to my friend - "don't worry, you can read the stories in Polish!" She was like - "I'm from Slovakia so I speak Slovak, not Polish!" Many people here, where I live in the UK, thinks everybody with an Eastern European accent is Polish - how daft eh? 🙄
So, do you see the polar bears?
Lol. Africans get asked if we get chased by Lions...well we do but...
Hrafna is so frickin adorable!!! Especially when she speaks in Icelandic! And when she looks at the camera and goes, "Um...yeah"
Tourism is a problem everywhere in europe nowadays, in Barcelona it's quite a bit too much...
I'm so sorry people called you ungrateful. There's just so many people that just look for a reason to piss and moan and can't take things for what they are. It's just you giving us a taste of what it's like where you live. I think that's great and I hope you continue to make videos like this.
I know, people just want to hate others so badly that is just sad 😔
As a Swedish speaker, I'm like I kinda understand her when she speaks Icelandic but kinda not at the same time ahah
Simon Beeckmans jaag håller med! Haha
I speak "scandinavian" wich is a mix of danish norwegian and swedish and most ppl who try to understand me do in Scandinavia but when I speak Icelandic they are puzzled
Me with Danish
The two languages are similar in many ways.
@@beatlesrgear They are the same language from the beginning. We have only become much more influenced by other languages in Europe over time than Iceland have.
I am in nursing school right now in the US and visited Iceland last summer and fell in love, I was considering moving there, but if the healthcare workers are not properly compensated there or if there are some issues with the health care system I would really appreciate if you could explain more in a future video or in a reply to this comment. Thank you so much! Your makeup looks very pretty :)
I’m loving the pop of color in your eyes 💜
Thank youu🧡🧡🧡
Hrafna, there are always going to be people who complain about what you're doing. The trick is not to let them get to you. Most people understand that you are just having fun while informing people. Keep doing what you're doing. You're terrific!
your makeup looks FLAWLESS! i absolutely love your channel, especially the icelandic videos as i am trying to learn it. thank you 🥰
Anna Curdoglo (just letting you know that I’m giving you a tip!) you can use the app HiNative, tHIs ComMeNt Is SponCoereeeed- ok sorry lol I’ll stop, but seriously though, I love that app, Icelandic people help others learn their language and stuff like that
Slovakia here !
Probably most people reading this comment will think of Slovenia but that's something different. Slovakia has many similarities to Iceland including hard language, beautiful nature... Enjoyed the video !!!
In fact, Hatari's music is not my type of music - usually. But I love them because they showed me what kind of country is Iceland or what kind of people live there. And I'm in love with all you now 💙🇮🇸
I don’t live in a small country but my town is small. Everyone knows everyone so when one person does something wrong someone else just goes and tells his mom on him. It doesn’t matter how old you are. We seem to have a lot of the same problems. Also, when it gets cold we don’t go skiing we all go sledding. We take our kids to the highest hill we can find and we just have fun. But, when it’s hot then everyone wants to go swimming. Thanks for the video. It’s cool seeing the similarities in our countries.
I live here for more than 2 years and what I like and dislike about Iceland is:
- the thing which I hate about Iceland the most is that HORRIBLE WEATHER!
- on the other side I like people. They are very nice, relaxed, chilled, not stressing , they dont understimate the others (in my experiences) and always behave to others with respect (even they are in different positions). For example in my country are people many times very angry and rude to other without reason. because they can be. For example in bank to customers, doctors and nurses to patients, teachers to students, at all kinds of offices, etc.. Because they think they are something "more" than others or what, (because they know about situation more). Then people have low self confidence and understimets themselves which is sad :/
In iceland everybody everywhere was very kind to me..in bank, at school, at work (bosses acting like friends :o), at all offices Ive been to, which was very surprising for me. But thats how everybody should behave! we are all equals, nobody is "better" or "worse"! That Iceland taught me and Im thankful for it..
What country are you originally from? I want to know so I could avoid it. I kinda got the feeling Iceland was like that. It's because they are like one close family. I hope Iceland stays like that and people don't try to ruin it. I want to live there too! I believe everyone should be treated equal. I'm not a feminist though. I'm a child of God.
@@magicjesus3603 Central Europe :) I think each country is pretty the same there :/ but its only mine experience..
@@sidynqa YES I agree. I'm from Canada and I've been living in central Europe in the British part of Spain for three years now and the people are incredibly rude here(particularly the brits) .
@UCtZ3I_gAXR6dz7c0P-QGnHw good for you! :) I love boh Canada and Spain :) been there. now Im in London :D (love travelling :D )
come to Iceland one day..people are very nice :)
@@sidynqa yes I'd love to go to Iceland. I believe everyone is made by God and should be treated with equality and respect. Once you start putting people above each other and acting superior is when you get bitter people in society who end up shooting up schools. I bet Iceland doesn't have that issue very often
I don't know what she's saying when she is speaking Icelandic, but it is very soothing to me. I could listen to her speak for hours.
Shit people say when they find out I'm Icelandic:
"Wait so like... Iceland is green but Greenland is icey? wacky bro."
"How do you pronounce that volcano again? Eyfananajoke? Yeah yeah, that's it, right?"
"OMG, I love Bjork!"
Trueeee
Gotta love racism
Omg i have gotten “do you know hatara” “is it always cold” and my personal favorite “why do you drink out of the tap are you mental”
Ok but björk is goat, I wish I knew someone who listen to her
Every country has to deal with things like that. As a German from Bavaria i get questions like "oh why don't you wear Lederhosen " " don't you listen to German folk music" "how is it to live in a country most of the others hate because of WW2" and omg, tons of Nazi jokes... some people you just met a few hours ago go right in it because they think all of them are funny. No matter what country and generation, 100 years ago or today. These stereotypes will survive us all :) I think most of these people are just really clumsy and socially awkward and don't really mean it in a bad way. But I get it, sometimes it's a bit frustrating.
I get what you mean about tourists. I visited London only twice in my life (I'm from the UK and live in the North) and when I went it was absolutely heaving with tourists. I've never seen anywhere so busy. I felt so uncomfortable with the crowds. I don't know how people from London actually cope with all the people there. It's crazy. :O
I love not far from London and I agree! I go there for a few hours and you can’t move 😂
If you really think about it, if you’re the first RUclipsr from Iceland, then you’re already a legend and maybe it’ll push other people from Iceland who wants to be RUclipsrs and start their channels. Keep up the great work, love from 🇺🇸
I'm not sure who would be petty enough to call you ungrateful.you do not strike me as a person void of gratitude.in fact I get quite the opposite impression I see you love your homeland and the people in your country enough to share it with the rest of the world.i appreciate what you do and I definitely enjoy your videos.dont apologize so much.not everyone is so easily offended.
You have 4 cases in Icelandic, in Polish we have 7 and SO many languages have even more. I strongly believe it's common in every language to have troubles with grammar or spelling (for natives I mean). Half of population in Poland mistake the conjugation or declension of words, and don't know if it should be "powiedziałby" or "powiedział by" (first is correct) or "dziewczynom" instead of "dziewczyną" (correctness depends on the case but some people don't know it). So Icelanders aren't special and alone in that problem.
Spanish verbs are so fucking difficult that verb can take 50 different endings, but to be honest very few people have problems with verbs
Finnish have 15 (?) Different cases and of corse I can stack them up and add possesion indicators on them and so on. You can get a lot of different forms like that. All the verbs have similar thing going on as well. For example "juoksentelisinko" means "I wonder if I should run around aimlessly" or "koirinenikin" means "even with my dogs"
There are a lot longer and crazier examples but they get too crazy even for native speakers ^^
@@dojacatstanaccount7936 I know... I study Spanish, it is so freaking difficult. Same in Polish. We have only 3 tenses but 7 cases and many moods.
@@jogobella1408 Latin, the language were spanish developed from, had also 7 cases, but the endings started to be dropped to the point that the case system wasn't sustainable anymore. Slavic languages are the only indoeuropean languages that have retained the case system so well
@@caller145 Well, but finish is a agglunative language while polish is a fusional one.
Declension in polish is much more difficult to learn, as there's a lot of different types of declension.
Your comments about weather are what Canadians deal with all the time and I never thought about it till now lol
The destination of my dreams is Iceland! Greetings from Greece!!
Hrafna- I am from the future, I jumped through a wormhole, but I need to get a message to you. In 2020 a virus pandemic (no zombies) will consume the world and stop all travel. Soon you will be able to travel beautiful Iceland without tourists...all to yourself. My portal is closing, so I must go. Bless bless
Worst things about living in Iceland
Sees Hatari in the thumbnail 😂😂😂
Hatari rocksss
Wtf is hatari
Martin Pintamalli that's rude
LAWOS JOSHUA LUKA look them up on RUclips. They are an amazing band.
@@mirroroffthewall5932 Hahaha how can you be everywhere where Hatari is, even if you see a small thumbnail you click 😂 that's so funny
The saddest moment is seeing you sad it almost made me cry, from 1:37 to 1:42, who ever was mean to you ignore them or block them, be happy and do your thing we are with you.
Haha well not into Bjork so much , but I love Solstafir ( they are from Iceland too )
Great video ❤️
I don't feel your being negative , I'm from the USA and i don't know what it's like in your country like what you do and don't have so i feel your videos really educate me on your county , thank you so much i enjoy learning about your country
Things I love about Iceland, your cat that is always sleeping behind you
1:56 I can really relate to that. It becomes especially problematic in school, when you are expected to write a text in a certain language, but your brain messes up and you suddenly can't remember how the word you have in your head translates into the required language.
Any Eurovision fans here?
me
This was the first year I watched the Eurovision and I'm obsess I love it so much
Me!!!
Sure
@@davidb0043
Do you know Hrafna in real life since there aren't many people in Iceland there is a big chance you know her or maybe she is your cousin
Hrafna your makeup is works like a charm, I think I'm hypnotized a little bit.
In German , there is also genetive, Dative, accusative form and I am completely giving up learning this language .
My name is relating to this. I think it's very hard for foreigners to learn my mother-tongue.
Don't worry about the negative comments. You are allowed to hate and not like things. Just because you live and grow up somewhere does not mean you can't dislike things in the country. Your videos are always lots of fun to watch. I was crazy about Iceland when I found out it was the country with no mosquitoes and I came across your channel when I was trying to learn everything about Iceland. Thank you for your time and making these videos. You are doing amazing :) Stay safe and take care.
Hrafna, Hello from Russia! This is a grteat video, specially your speach in Iceladic. It's very beautiful. I adore scandinavian languages and know Norvegian language and now I want to start learning Icelandic!
PS. You are great girl!
Владимир Лекомцев how do you know norwegian?
In others countries also most people make mistakes in their native language. I think it's totally normal because a language is alive and evolve constantly. It's not related to the complexity of a language. A lot of languages have cases (German, Finnish...) and it's totally possible to learn them :)
BTW your cat is so cute ❤️
Aloha! Just discovered your channel like a day ago and I’m really enjoying your content. Keep it up girl! Anyway just wanted to say that I totally get your point about the tourist and stuff. I live in Hawai’i and it’s the exact same thing here. It sucks but it is what it is. Keep up with the amazing content! Me Ke aloha Nui 🤙🏾
Even though I don’t speak the language, I liked it when you started speaking in Icelandic to fully express how you feel about swimming. 😊 Plus I happen to think your native language sounds quite beautiful 💗
Hatari fans: *reads the title and then sees Hatari on the thumbnail*
Hatari fans: Wait what the-
Please understand, I have a lot of friends from other countries, but, there's one thing you *all* have in common. When frustration builds up, (usually because you're trying to explain something that frustrates you, and trying to express it in English), you wind up having to express what bothers you in your own language. I say this with love, it's kind of adorable and I get it.
I grew up at a beach, so yeah; cars would be stretched out on the road for *miles* trying to inch their way along looking for a parking space so everyone and their sister could bring their trash onto our beautiful golden beaches...
Poles have a hard time with Polish sometimes too.....haha
We Germany have those 'object causes' too. It is always frustrating to think about it
Iceland is fantastic! Laugavegur is one of my favorite streets in the world. You go girl!
As a person who has spent most of their life in Minnesota, I can relate to your first complaint. Also, as an American, I can relate to living in a country where much of the population is terrible at their own language. Anyway, I'm happy your channel is around. It has been my plan for a while to eventually retire in Iceland, so it is nice to hear different perspectives.
Ditto, totally agree.
Why didn’t you explain why you don’t like the healthcare system in Iceland?
Didn’t want to start a riot in the comment section, I honestly just try not to talk about controversial topics on my channel❤️
My guess is that it's underfunded by the government. Very few doctors, specialists and hospitals. Low pay which keeps people from training for healthcare jobs, etc. From an American. :-)
Similar story in the UK tbh dw I think I get the gist of it
@@blewis66112 yeah 100% it's underfunded and severely under manned
@@iggieagle6366 My wife is a nurse in the US me, a welder. I was looking to compare wages of the two professions. Nurse make considerably less in Iceland. With the cost of living so high who would want to go into a career that pays so little with such high level of education?
Don't pay attention to those negative comments. You are beautiful. Its ok to have your own opinion. Never let negative people stop you. I enjoy your videos.
Yay congratulations on the 100,000 subscribers you super pretty 🎉💕
Europe has a lot of tourists as well BUT plus we have those motorhomes everywhere. So, you go to some remote spot and want to enjoy scenery by yourself, but then you might find there are already 2-3 motorhomes parked in the scenic spot. You want to drive somewhere, but traffic is so slow, because of some motorhome moving slowly and not letting anyone pass. Luckily there is no threat in Iceland for motorhome invasion.
6:10 in slavic languages you have that too
bbleh It’s sooo easy to explain though lol
As a Canadian that lived on the prairies, right there with ya with the winter issues with our cars. As soon as it gets below -10 we have to plug our cars in, and once it hits -40 in January or so (some places the poor bastards get -60) we still have issues starting cars. They gotta run for about 30 minutes and you hope the steeringwheel warmed up enough to not burn your hands on it. Then digging the snow out of the way to get out of the driveway is an added bonus.
Tempermental weather, wind (though not as intense as what you guys get from what I've learned).
Oh I get the tourist thing. Some tourists, mostly Chinese ones, are incredibly rude and have no self awareness in London.
You are an ABSOLUTE GEM.....Absolutely enthralling. I think I'm going to have to learn Icelandic. For no reason.
Hi from Romania🇷🇴!
Hi! I'm not.
Hi! Another Romanian fan of Iceland here :)
Ceau Gogule xD
It never seems that You are complaining or ungrateful, You are just informing People that are thinking about Visiting or Moving there, don’t pay any attention to haters, I love Your Videos and information, thank you!!
I'm half German half Norwegian and I learnt Iceland in 6 months.
Es gibt keinen Gott I'm only 1/4 German so I'll reply in English. If you name isn't a joke I would not go to Iceland. Iceland is highly religious. I do not recommend living there as a non Christian.
I actually understand your thing about tourists...I am visiting in February 2023 (low tourist season, thankfully) for the first time and I am ALREADY researching things about Iceland so I can make the most out of my trip AND be as respectful as possible. I have already taken the Icelandic pledge. I am from London, I love my city and its Royal Parks (in this place people leave litter, get FAR too close to the deer and don't respect these areas the way they should) but I understand what you mean about tourists being EVERYWHERE when you want to explore where you live, also...not all tourists but some; the lack of respect they can demonstrate for the place they are visiting is insane! It is not difficult to be a good and respectful tourist, just takes a little research.
Serbs have: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, locative, instrumental
There's also 7 in Polish.
Your English is near perfect. You have a slight Scandinavian accent that in no way impedes understanding. Your diction, grammar, syntax, and use of colloquialisms is unassailable... masterful. Your style of English is very Americanized. Additionally, you seem very young. How did you become so fluent at such a young age? It seems like you must have spent years in North America with many attentive private tutors. If you have not, you are brilliant--- a genius with a special knack for languages.
Holy crap, you are so beautiful. Must be those viking genetics.
Whenever you feel bit down in Iceland, visit Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. There are 40,000 Icelanders live there permanently. You can speak Icelandic there and get all Amazon parcels.
The best thing about Iceland is Hatari give concerts everywhere 😂😂❤
I loved hearing Icelandic spoken by a native speaker, for once! I think that may well have been the first time I've ever heard it spoken by someone actually brought up in the language. It's so beautiful sounding!
And yeah, it IS an extremely difficult language to learn... I love learning languages though so I'm up for a good challenge! I think the reason it's so hard is because it just hasn't really changed much since the Old Norse days due to its relative isolation from any leveling influences. In fact, I've often heard it said that modern-day Icelanders can quite easily read the Sagas with little to no translation necessary. I dunno how true that assertion really is (maybe you can clarify that for me?), but it seems at least plausible. Icelandic and Faroese, though, would surely be the closest anyone could get to hearing what Old Norse would've sounded like (similar to how Lithuanian is the closest anyone can hope to get to what Proto-Indo-European would've been like). It sounds cool as hell when you speak it! The fact that you can speak it so beautifully is so freaking awesome to a language-head like me :D
In stark contrast to Icelandic, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian have all been extremely leveled out due to centuries of constant contact with both each other and neighboring countries. Now, they all resemble each other so much that you can get a Dane, Swede and a Norwegian together and watch them all comfortably have a conversation with each other with only minor concessions being made to accommodate the few differences that DO still exist.
Actually, one thing I'm curious about is Icelandic's intelligibility with Faroese, if any. ARE they mutually intelligible to any degree? It seems like there would be, even if it were only small. Certainly they'd have to be more intelligible with each other than either is to the three mainland languages, right?
HAHAHAHAHAHA everyone is at IKEA, lmao 😂 a mood! You know, for the weather part it is the same as in Canada!
3 things I have to say.
1. It’s hard to hate you or be angry on you. You are so beautiful. So it’s impossible to hate you. You can say whatever you want.
2. What that pouch doing on your chest???
3. OMG, Island language is very beautiful. I’m in loved!!!
What about "Of Monsters and Men"?
When you spoke Icelandic that was my favorite part…no idea what you said… but loved it!
I love Iceland!! And I loveeeeee Hatari music... What an amazing, talented and beautiful people you are... Love from Macedonia ❤️
Absolutely love the Icelandic language so that spot made me smile
I see Hatari, I click. Hold up! What have they got to do with “worst”? 😂
3:30 very normal weather, even the probability variability.
From Oregon to Colorado the weather is haphazard.
How many silver play buttons are there now in Iceland?
The Gray maybe two with her and Hafthor Bjornsson
TheFrenchMC Sorelle Amore too however I don’t know if she still lives in Iceland since she does so much traveling
@@TheFrenchMC Mörges also has one, as well. I think.
@TheFrenchMC FinnSnow has also one but he lives in the Philippines now...
Sorry to hear that people didn’t get that you are just expressing yourself. I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. Look at it this way, they had to watch the videos to Critique the video.