Faroese/Chapter Two

Chapter Two - Basic phrases Many of the following examples are taken from the German language guide by Richard Kölbl: Färöisch Wort für Wort. Bielefeld, 2004. Hello and Goodbye hey! [ˈhɛi] - hi! halló! [haˈlːɔu] - hello! góðan morgun! [ˈɡ̊ɔuwan ˈmɔɹɡ̊ʊn] - good morning! góðan dag! [ˈɡ̊ɔuwan ˈd̥ɛa] - good day! gott kvøld! [ˈɡ̊ɔʰtː ˈkvœld̥] - good evening! vælgagnist! [ˈvɛlɡ̊aɡ̊nɪst] - blessed meal! (entering a room, where people are eating) eingin orsøk! [ˈɔɲʤ̊ɪn ˈɔˈʂːøːk] - you're welcome! orsaka! [ɔˈʂːɛaka] - sorry! tað er í lagið! [ˈtɛa ɛɹ ɪˈlɛajɪ] - that's alright! hvussu hevur tú tað [ˈkvʊsːʊ ˈheːvʊɹ ˈtʉu ˈtɛa] - how are you e.g. havi tað gott! [ˈeː ˈhɛavɪ ta ˈɡ̊ɔʰtː] - I'm fine! skál! [ˈskɔal] - cheers! farvæl! [faɹˈvɛal] - goodbye! góða ferð! [ˈɡ̊ɔuwa ˈfeːɹ] - have a good journey! vit síggjast! [ˈviːt ˈsʊʤ̊ːast] - see you! Do you speak English? Note: In this section, the polite second person singular pronoun tygum is used instead of the common tú. Generally, tygum is used in formal situations and amongst strangers tosa tygum enskt? [ˈtoːsa ˈtiːjʊn ˈɛŋ̊kst] - do you speak English? Is there someone here who speaks English? - Dugir nakar her eingilskt? [ˈd̥ʊːjɪɹ ˈnɛakaɹ ˈheːɹ ˈɔɲʤ̊ɪl̥st] eitt sindur [ˈaɪʰtː ˈsɪnd̥ʊɹ > aˈsɪnd̥ʊɹ] - a little e.g. skilji ikki [ˈeː ˈʃɪljɪ ɪʰʧːɪ > ˈeː ˈʃɪljɪʰʧː] - I don't understand hvat siga tygum? [ˈkvɛat ˈsiːja ˈtiːjʊn] - pardon? ha? [ˈhaː] - eh? hvat eitur ... á enskum/føroyskum? [ˈkvɛat ˈaitʊɹ … aˈɛn̥skun/aˈføːɹɪskʊn] - what does ... mean in English/Faroese? føroyskt er vakurt men torført at læra [ˈføːɹɪst ɛɹ ˈvɛakʊɻ̊ʈ mɛn ˈtoːɹfœɻ̊ʈ aˈlɛaːɹa] - Faroese is beautiful but difficult to learn Please and Thanks ger so væl [ˈʤ̊eːɻ̊ ˈʂoː ˈvɛal > ˈʤ̊ɛʂoːˌvɛal] - now, do good ver so góð [ˈveːɻ̊ ˈʂoː ˈɡ̊ɔu > ˈvɛʂɡ̊ʊ] - please, here you have ja takk [ˈjɛa ˈtaʰk] - yes please lat meg fáa hetta, takk [ˈlɛat ˈmeː ˈfǫːa ˈhɛʰtːa ˈtaʰk] - let me get this, please (e.g. in a shop, when you don't know the word for something, and just point to it) takk fyri [ˈtaʰk ˈfiːɹɪ] - thank you (standard phrase: "Thanks for (it)") ... hjálpina [ˈjɔl̥pɪna] - ... the help stóra tøkk - [ˈstɔuɹa ˈtœʰkː] - many thanks nei takk [ˈnai ˈtœʰkː] - no thanks Agree and disagree ja [ˈjɛa] - yes nei [ˈnai] - no jú! [ˈjʉu] - sure!, yea kanska [ˈkan̥ska] - maybe vónandi [ˈvɔunand̥ɪ] - hopefully sjálvandi [ˈʃɔlvandɪ] - that's understood/naturally tíbetur [ˈtʊiˌbeːtʊɹ] - fortunately tíverri [ˈtʊiˌvɛɹːɪ] - unfortunately akkurat [aʰkʊˈɹɔat] - exactly júst [ˈjʏst] - just gamaní [ˈgɛamanˌʊi] - that's fine by me ikki sannheit? [ˈɪʰʧɪ ˈsanːait] - isn't it? tú hevur rætt [ˈtʉu ˈheːvʊɹ ˈɹaʰt] - you are right e.g. eri púra samdur/samd - [ˈeː ˈeːɹɪ ˈpʉuɹa ˈsamd̥ʊɹ/ ˈsamd̥] - I totally agree (m./f.) vera ósamd(ur) [ˈveːɹa ˈɔʊsamd̥ʊɹ] - to disagree tað haldi eg ikki - [ˈtɛa ˈhaldɪ ˈeː ˈɪʰʧːɪ > taˈhaldɪje ˈɪʰʧːɪ] - I don't think so heldur tú? [ˈhɛldʊɹ ˈtʉu] - do you think so? eg veit ikki - [ˈeː ˈvait ˈɪʰʧɪ > ˈeː ˈvaɪʰʧː] - I don't know tað er fitt [ˈtɛa ɛɹ ˈfɪʰtː] - it is cute,nice tað er ringt [ˈtɛa ɛɹ ˈɹɪɲ̊kt] - it is bad,