Ezra’s 10 words
Mom – mamma
Dad – pabbi
Brother – bróðir
Sister – systur
Paper – pappír
Cake – köku
Pen – penni
Trees – tré
Dinner – kvöldmatur
Name – nafn
Plagiarize – ritstulda
Ezra’s 10 phases
How are you – hvernig hefurðu það
What is your name – hvað heitirðu
Can i stay at your house – má ég vera heima hjá þér
Time for dinner – tími fyrir kvöldmat
Go get you sister – farðu að ná í systur þína
Race you to that tree – hlaupa þig að því tré
Can i come – má ég koma
What are you doing – hvað ertu að gera
Look at that cake – sjáðu þá köku
Can i do that – get ég gert það
10 Words – By Viena:
Góðan daginn – Good day
Já – Yes
Nei – No
Ljósmóðir – Beautiful
Fyrirgefðu – I’m sorry
Sjónauki – Telescope
Spékoppar – Dimples
Gluggaveður – Window-weather
Einurð – Determination
Hugfanginn – fascinated
Iceland made Icelandic the National Language in 2011. Many Icelander (Íslendingars) people speak English. Icelanders view Netflix and Disney Plus movies and shows in English and other European languages without having the dubbed or subtitled into Icelandic. The old Disney movies were dubbed in Icelandic. Not the new ones. This is one of the reasons the Icelandic language is dying. Many people, especially children are heavily exposed to English daily. Icelanders want to preserve their language. Language is a source of identity and pride. Icelandic is a version of Norse and that has been spoken without much change on the isolated island for the last 1000 years. The Sagas of the Icelanders written in Icelandic is a very popular set of books like Harry Potter. The story of Thor was first written in Icelandic.
10 Phrases – By Viena:
ÉG KEM ALVEG AF FJÖLLUM – I come completely from the mountains (I have no idea what is going on.
Verði þér góður – You are welcome.
Takk – Thank you
RÚSÍNAN Í PYLSUENDANUM – the raisin at the end of the hot dog (means the highlight of the day)
Áfram með smjörið – Just get on with it
Kemur Allt Með Kalda Vatninu – Things will fall into place
Bíta á jaxlinn – Toughen up
Það eru margar undur í höfuðkúpu – I can’t believe that just happened!
líttu á goshverana – look at the geysers
hvað er að frétta? – what’s up?
Facts by Viena:
Icelandic is spoken by 314,000 people.
Icelandic is a dying language.
The Icelandic alphabet has 32 letters.
On November 16th Icelanders celebrate Icelandic Language Day every year.
In Iceland, your parent’s first name determines your surname.
Icelandic was made the official language of iceland in 2011
Vikings liked to pillage and trade a lot. One curious viking decided to go and look for Island in a random direction. He came across a small island (not Iceland) and this small island (not Iceland) became a trading route. Then another Viking who was trying to get to this small island (not Iceland) was blown off course and stumbled upon Iceland. Iceland was very harsh when he stumbled upon it, so he named the island “Snowland” and then he left. Then another guy was blown off course and found Iceland and he named it after himself, then he left. Then another guy came and he came to this Snowland named after a guy on purpose and he named it “Iceland”. He made some settlements their, but they were not able to make crops because of the harsh environment so the people (the first Íslendingars) mostly ate fish … and there was plenty of fish. Probably more fish than ice, but Fishland did not sound as cool.
LANGUAGE MADNESS 