Icelandic/Lesson 2

Kafli 2: Talarðu ensku? Lesson 2: Do you speak English? __NOTOC__ In this lesson you will learn: to read self introductions → how to say what your name is → what languages you can speak → how to say where you come from → about the present continuous tense → the verbs að búa, að koma, að tala, and að heita → about Icelandic surnames → Kynning (Self Introduction) Read the following self introductions from two Icelanders who are telling about themselves, what languages they speak, where their family comes from and what their names are. There will of course be some new words in these introductions that you will not be familiar with. Try to use your prior English knowledge to figure out some of the meanings. Write down words that you definitely cannot figure out or understand, and read the vocabulary box below. Once you have read over the vocabulary, try to read again the introductions for a better understanding and comprehension. center heiti, heitir - my name is, his/her name is (from að heita) frá - from Íslandi - Iceland (dative form of Ísland) tala, talar - I speak, he/she speaks (from að tala) íslensku - Icelandic (accusative form of íslenska) dönsku - Danish (accusative form of danska) ensku - English (accusative form of enska) litla - a little (accusative feminine form of lítill) þýsku - German (accusative form of þýska) Mamma mín - my mum líka - also, too Pabbi minn - my dad kemur - comes (from að koma) Írlandi - Ireland (dative form of Írland) írsku - Irish Gaelic (accusative form of írska) að læra - learning, to learn menntaskóla - Icelandic High School (accusative form of menntaskóli) spænsku - Spanish (accusative form of spænska) Jæja, gaman að hitta ykkur - Well, nice to meet you all sem móðurmál - as a mother tongue norsku - Norwegian (accusative form of norska) frönsku - French (accusative form of franska) ítölsku - Italian (accusative form of ítalska) maður minn - my husband (literally: my man, eiginmaður means husband also) Noregi - Norway (dative form of Noregur) Hann talar ekki ensku - He doesn't speak English búum - we live (from að búa, to live) saman - together í Reykjavík - in Reykjavík (the capital of Iceland) Málfræði Sagnorð We see some conjugations of verbs in present simple that are uses in basic introductions. að tala 25px to speak 25px ég tala i speak Þú talar you speak hann/hún talar he/she speaks við tölum we speak þið talið you speak Þeir/Þær/Þau tala they speakað búa 25pxto live 25px ég bý i live þú býrð you live hann/hún býr he/she lives við búum we live þið búið you live þeir/þær/Þau búa they liveað koma 25pxto come 25px ég kem i come þú kemur you come hann/hún kemur he/she comes við komum we come þið komið you come þeir/þær/Þau koma they comeað heita 25pxto call 25px ég heiti i call þú heitir you call hann/hún heitir he/she calls við heitum we call þið heitið you call þeir/þær/Þau heita they call The conjugation of the progresive presente is with the auxiliar to be followed of the verb. Dæmi: Hún er að koma : she is coming Við erum að búa : we are living.