Icelandic - breaking down basic phrases
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Icelandic - breaking down basic phrases

Langfocus 17.05.2026 9 309 просмотров 521 лайков

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In this clip of a full-length video about the Icelandic language, I introduce and parse some basic phrases in Icelandic.

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Good day. This is a very common greeting. — Is a form of the adjective — which is the equivalent of the English word good — day. This phrase is interchangeable with — in which — is a definite noun. That greeting is somewhat formal. Another greeting commonly used with family and friends is — when said to a male or female. This word actually means happy and it's a shortened form of this longer greeting — to a male or — to a female and this means be happy and blessed. This greeting is also shortened to — plus — with the meaning of by as in goodbye — what's your name word for word it's what are called you — is a cognate of the English word what meaning they both developed from the same earlier word — is the second person singular present tense form of the verb — meaning to be called — is the second person singular nominative personal pronoun in other words you in the singular It's a cognate of the archaic English word thou which was used until the early modern English period. — My name is Michael. Word for word it's I am called Michael. Here — is the first person singular present form of the verb nominative personal pronoun. It's a cognate of the English pronoun I. These two pronouns y and thu are nominative. But there are personal pronouns for each of the four cases. Nominative, accusative, genative, and dative. Unlike in English, Icelandic has masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of they, them, and their. In other words, the third person plural. For mixed groups, the neuter is used. This sentence is svo, subject, verb, object. But it's more precise to refer to Icelandic as a V2 language. The verb is the second element in the sentence or clause. That's the case for basically all Germanic languages except for modern English. This sentence could also be — Michael called I. But as happens generally in Germanic languages, the word order is verb subject in yes or no questions. — Is your name Michael? Literally are called you Michael. Notice that the subject ths voiced the and is suffixed to the verb in writing. — Nice to meet you. Word for word it's pleasure to become acquainted with you. — G — means pleasure or fun. Its old English equivalent was gam which evolved into the modern English word game — of — is the particle used before a verb's infinitive form. So it's translated here as to, but it's a cognate of the English word

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