I am truly impressed that you learnt to speak Icelandic fluently.

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

I'm still working my way towards fluency. 🙂

This is the best video I've seen on pronunciation. I liked particularly when you used phonetics to illustrate the sounds of the words more closely.

This video is so helpful, as I am preparing for my Iceland trip in September. Anytime I travel outside of the country, I like to learn the greeting words to greet the locals. I think it's important and it makes us well balance.

Thank you so much for breaking down the words and pronouncing each syllable slowly! In other videos I've found, they give some tips on how to remember the phrases, but say the individual words so quickly.

I'm impressed by your language skills and pronunciation. Thanks for the video. Never thought I'd be learning Icelandic on KZread.

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad to add something kind of random to your experience on KZread. 😂

Thank you for covering phonetics with these phrases. I especially appreciate knowing how to inquire for a restroom (so necessary!) AND the “unofficial slogan”😊 ALSO… -would you please make a video telling us how to ask for a bus stop and how to politely order a beer? -Love your videos & energy!!

Jewells, amazing to me how fluent you are in the language. Having only been there the amount of time you have. Love your voice, and speech.

Beautiful!! It's like an art!!! Thank you for sharing.

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Oh, that’s a lovely way of thinking about it. My pleasure 😊

Thanks for teaching us❤❤

Icelandic numbers? Yes please!!

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thank you for letting me know

You are so charismatic! Thanks for the tips :D

Extremely helpful

Thanks so Much,takk

Your videos are so positive and informational. Thank you much from the States.

WOW! Your fluent in the language. Great video!

I love Icelandic you can do more Icelandic language videos.

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

😊

This is so great! Thank you!! Excited to see more videos like this :)

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Yay and my pleasure!!

Thank you, Jewells. I love learning about languages,. I liked the phrases you chose, and also enjoyed the pink/orange/red color scheme of the setting. I'm curious about Icelandic vocabulary for various foods/produce and cooking terms. Also, and forgive me if you already did a video about this, what is grocery shopping like?

What a great video and timely as I will be visiting Iceland in November. I hope to see the Northern lights :)

Thanks for this! My husband and I are going to Iceland in Sept/Oct for our honeymoon and I want to learn as much as I can before then!

I have spent two weeks in Iceland last August. One week in Reykjavik for work and one roaming around :) Now I am in love with Iceland, the Icelanders and the Icelandic language (which I cannot speak, by the way) :) I also love your videos :)

Super helpful!!! Going to Iceland in few days and I can’t be excited more ❤❤❤ Takk takk ❤

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Yay!! So glad to hear that. Mín er ánægjan!!

such a beautiful language! Thanks for this wonderful video!!! you are a such cute teacher too!!

@AllThingsIceland

10 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

This was great! I named my puppy Skuggi following a trip several years ago to Iceland. I want to teach him his commands in Icelandic, so have been trying to pull his commands off of google translate- not always super successful. Would you do an episode of words/phrases for dog training? (Then the next time I come over I can talk to the dogs too!). Thanks!

That really helped my mom and me Iearn Islandic THANK YOU Sincerly Millie :)

Thanks so much Jewells. I’ll be in Iceland in. Few days. Getting excited to see a different environment that is not Polynesian and hot!

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure. I hope you have an amazing time!! 🤗

@lanilok3696

Жыл бұрын

@@AllThingsIceland Bless Bless

This is a really great video, thank you!

@AllThingsIceland

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

@cdiqueen

8 ай бұрын

@@AllThingsIceland we just came home from Iceland and really used a lot of your advice!

Always greet everyone with, "Haltu kjafti!" Icelanders love that. /s As a side note, you have a very good Icelandic pronunciation for an American. Top tier.

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Lol good point and definitely one to add to the list. Thank you! 🤗

@GeekFurious

Жыл бұрын

@@AllThingsIceland I think the most difficult thing to learn for native English speakers is the AU sound & the double-L sound & ending a word in the letter i because nothing in English uses those sounds/schemes.

Thanks so much for this great video!! I was wondering what resources you used for learning Icelandic? I’m also an American girl with an Icelandic partner so I’m looking to hopefully learn Icelandic fluently for him one day. Any tips or referrals would be greatly appreciated! 😊 Looking forward to more great content from you!

Wow, I didn't know that Icelandic was a language. Good to see you're doing well.

Super great presentation! Like the explanation of accented "a" = ow It would be helpful to have funny character letters and their sound explained, too. Like: crossed d/t = th(?) upper extended p = th(?) Your efforts bring the Icelandic language to a personal level. Big thanks!

@skinmachine

Жыл бұрын

The letter that looks like a crossed "D" is called "eth" or "eð". The one that looks like a "P" with the loop falling down is called "thorn" or "Þórn". Both letters were actually used in Old English as well, but fell out of use by the late 15th century. The preservation of these letters in modern Icelandic actually helps to show how closely related English and Icelandic are, or were- they're both members of the Germanic family of languages.

Excellent ! Congratulations and thank you. How long did it take you to speak so well?

Jules, this was amazing! So interesting. I have friends in Iceland, daughters ex girlfriend and her family. I usually have to use Google translate to speak to the mom as she doesn't speak much English. Would love to learn some to be able to actually speak with her. Looking forward to more like this. Thanks!!!!

@AllThingsIceland

8 ай бұрын

So glad to hear that you enjoyed this. Definitely working on more Icelandic related content.

Interesting. When you break it down like that, I can actually recognize the words/sense.

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Yay!! Glad this is helpful.

I should learn this language cause I fell in love a 🇮🇸🧍🏻‍♂️🤭😂

@AllThingsIceland

6 ай бұрын

🥳🥳

'Þetta reddast': The origin of the slang-word 'reddast' is probably from Danish/Norwegian where 'redde' means 'to save'. I think it's important to also mention that this slang-word is also used when actually doing something to resolve an issue/problem. "Ég redda þessu" (I'll fix this. / I'll do it. I'll make sure it's done/won't be a problem.) It's not just a special word we have exclusively for saying that 'things will fix themselves'. If you're with your friend at a store and you're about to pay but you forgot your wallet you can also say 'Geturðu reddað mér?' (Can you spot me?). If you have some item that you need that you're not able to get yourself for whatever reason you can also say 'Geturðu reddað mér [ITEM]?' Someone can also be a 'reddari' (slang) which sort of means that they are a 'problem solver'. In Danish a 'redder' is a term for someone literal job it is to save people. (E.g: fireman, ambulance driver etc.) This word is by now of course very Icelandic, but it is definitely a danish loan word.

@evefreyasyrenathegoddessev4016

Жыл бұрын

In Dutch, it can also be used to mean to manage (oneself better) like, om mezelf beter te redden (to manage myself better) and it looks like it comes from the same word! I am advanced level in Dutch (over 8.000 base words) and intermediate level in Norwegian and Swedish (over 3.500 words) and, I just started learning Icelandic more seriously like yesterday, and today I even studied the alphabet and some of the numbers and verbs etc, and I saw this expression in many videos - I immediately thought of the Dutch word, plus its main meaning in Dutch is also to save! I guess it could also be translated as ‘oh well, it is what it is’ as a way to accept a certain situation or something like that!

Thanks for working through these words syllable by syllable - one of the big problems I've having with many other youtube videos is that when the native speakers are speaking faster, with words flowing into each other, my English based ears keep misinterpreting the different sounds that are available in Icelandic.

really thank you for the help the video it was so good for me because i want learn Iecland

@AllThingsIceland

3 ай бұрын

So glad to hear that.

I was thinking, maybe the phrases used in supermarkets by the cashier for instance, like "Do you want a bag/the receipt?". It's important to be able to say things, but also to understand what is being said to us, especially in situations like that, where the person will use Icelandic first before realising we don't speak it.

I plan on traveling to Europe frequently via stopovers in Iceland, so I would love to learn more phrases. Takk fyrir!

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear that. 😊

There are some words when spoken that sound like Afrikaans (but of course mean different things) I found that very interesting and helped me with pronunciation a bit 🤷‍♀️

Takk 👍

Takk fyrir frábæra íslenskukennslu! Bless bless!

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Mín er ánægjan 😊

PERFECT VIDEO for first time visitors, thank you so much! Sincerely, Millie's Mom ⬇

Since it is similar to the Norwegian language as pronunciation 😍

I spent two years in Iceland, 1973, 1974. Learning to speak. Young. This brought back ancient memories for me 👍 I remember the ships they burnt, just old enough. Each year like Vikings 💪⚒️ Racks and racks of drying fish, heavy winds, and black sand. Whale bay and Keff Katy (stink). Thank you for this video Ice 🧊 & 🔥

Saved in my playlist titled, “Icelandic Language for Dummies”, lol…. Awesome job Jewells!

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

LOL My pleasure!

Takk fyrir ✨

I would like to know If possible that you can help us with a phonetic icelandic video. I'm from Venezuela.

Thank you! I’ve been to Iceland 8 times and have dear Icelandic friends yet I still learned something from your video 😊 I’d love to know how to say… “Have a good day” “Nice to meet you” “See you soon” “See you later”

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, and thank you for the great suggestions for more phrases!

@ericzeb9103

Жыл бұрын

As Jewells mentioned, Have a good day is Góðan daginn (Go-than Die-inn. See you later is sjáumst (syowmst) or við sjáumst (veeth syowmst)

I love this video! I'm heading to Iceland in November, and I was hoping to pick up a few phrases. I may have to watch this video a hundred times because I sound horrible. LOL. BTW, thanks for creating this channel. I've learned so much about Iceland's culture and what to expect when I get there.

@mv_n6203

Жыл бұрын

For the most part especially in the heavy tourist area, they speak English. I definitely scored brownie points with the locals @ the mall & gas station & made them smile inserting Islensku here & there. I would also recommend listening to Icelandic music & watching Icelandic movies.

@TA97553

Жыл бұрын

@@mv_n6203 thanks!

Just to double check, at 6:45 youre saying where youre originally from but to say where you live its eg by (sorry i know theres supposed to be accents i dont have the icelandic keyboard on)

Pls help me more to how speak on icelandic words🥺

is there a reason they use petta instead of pennan at 5:16? it could be that the icelandic course I found is faulty, but doesnt pennan meant that [thing]?

Are you able to translate English to icelandic for an important tattoo to my heart? Any help would be amazing. Love from scotland

Please teach us the numbers! ❤️

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Ok 😊

Imma give this a try next time we are on the phone with Mommy

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

🥳🥳😂😂❤️❤️

Yes, yes, yes... PHONETICS! For those of us whose ears are not so sharp.

How long does it take to learn the Greenlandic language?

As an Icelander I've realized that the way we ask for forgiveness (grammatically) is usually by 'demanding' it. 'Fyrirgefðu' is short for 'Fyrirgef þú' which is short for 'Fyrirgef þú mér' which is 'Forgive me' which really is more of a command/demand than an actual request for forgiveness. It's obvious that Icelandic needs a bit more nuance in the ways you can apologize, and 'apologize' to the point that Sorrí (Sorry) has entered the language. We use it when we're sorry but not really sorry, e.g. 'too bad'. "Æ sorrí þetta gerðist bara". (Oh sorry, it just happened.)

Mjög gott hjá þér Jewells!

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Takk kærlega fyrir! 🤗

Iam eygptiion teenager 13 years old I want to travel to island really live everything here but I haven't get out from my eygpt 😅 I want to learn icelandic but I can't find good resources as English is not my native language All love to. Iceland and Icelanders 💖

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

It’s great that you want to travel to Iceland and I hope you do one day. In the future, I will share some Icelandic learning resources to aid you and others in learning the language. 😊

@farahsamer353

Жыл бұрын

@@AllThingsIceland Oh so nice from you 💖

Maybe in the next one you could add in how to order a hotdog in Icelandic, could come in handy for people. Also, your pronunciation is really good!

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion and thank you!

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion and thank you!

@schoolingdiana9086

Жыл бұрын

Takk! I actually picked up some pointers. I’ve heard Valur (Reykjavik Grapevine) talk in Icelandic before and couldn’t understand how the heck those vowels worked!

WHen I was younger I really wanted to learn Icelandic because I was so fascinated with the viking era and mythology... I ended up learning norwegian instead because more people speak it.. you can communicate with danish and swedish people aswell and icelandic is just so horribly hard to pronounce XDDD (I'm german, so even tho we have words that are hard to pronounce for many other people too, I still cant figure out how to frikkin add this "heavy breathing" in for example "Takk" ... in the other scand. languages its just takk without the "h" inbetween xD) So basically: its hard and just not "worth" to learn for me, if im not actually living there xDD

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Yea, that’s totally understandable. 😊

Já þá þetta er í alvöru gott/ yea this is really goodJESUS CRHIST THIS GOOD

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Takk 🤗

Halló...

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Hæ hæ

Are you fluent in the Icelandic language?

Why is america Bandarikjunum, but south america is sudur amerika?

Numbers please 🙏🏽

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

Will do 😊

I noticed you pronounce Ég as "yeg." Shouldn't the "g" be pronounced more like the way Darth Vader's breathes? Unfortunately the sound doesn't exist in the English language, and hence the analogy.

Has anyone ever told you that you look like Kandy Burruss

@AllThingsIceland

Жыл бұрын

This is the first time I’ve ever heard that. 😊

@chinaarlene7035

Жыл бұрын

@@AllThingsIceland you guys have the exact same smile 😃

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