Ramblings of a Postcard Junkie

Some of you may know that I'm a bit in love with learning languages, so one of the most exciting things to me about this trip is that..it's the perfect excuse to learn..yes thats right..Icelandic! haha. So I thought while I'm learning (off youtube haha), some of you can learn a few things too. It's a lot like German (well I guess I wouldn't know..because I don't speak German.. but thats what the internet told me! haha..) So I'll just put the basics here, and I'll first put the English word..then the Icelandic word..and then in brackets how the heck you pronounce that sucker! Yes? ok..


"Hi, my names Miranda, and on behalf of expert village, we're now going to learn to speak Icelandic!" ( or so would say my youtube icelandic teacher haha)

Hello- Hallo

Bye- Bless Bless (haha)

Good morning!- Godan daginn- (godin dyin)

Good night- Goda nott- (goda note)

How are you?- Hvernig hefurdu pao?- (krevnig heverday thoth)

seeya later!- seo pig seinna- (seeyeh thig segna)

seeya tomorrow!- sjaumst a morgun- (showumst ow morgun)

it was nice meeting you!- Gaman ao kynnast per-(gaman al kinnast thier)

yes- Ja- (yow)

no- nei- (nay)

please- vinsamlegast (sound it out hehe)

thank you- pakka per fyrir- (thakka theer feerie)

sorry- Eg biost afsokunar- (yehr bildst aksokunar)

There ya go friends! Before you know it we'll all be singing Sigur Ros songs instead of just singing where it sounds like he's speaking English! (haha at least thats what I do anyways baha)

Thanks, and I'll know who's been studying!

-M