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Lærðu íslensku / Learn Icelandic
Fyrir þá sem vilja örlitla hjálp með íslenskunám
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Name:Learn Icelandic / Lærðu íslensku
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About:Come and join Learn Icelandic to join others in our quest to learn Icelandic. Whether you're a Björk or Sigur Rós fan, or you just want to learn for the heck of it, talk to us!

Stjórnendur / Moderators:

[info]genkobar
Netfang / Email: cucular@isl.is
Aim skjánafn / screenname: cucular
ICQ númer / number: 17360688
MSN kenni / ID: valdros@hotmail.com
Yahoo! nafn / name: cucular

Hjálparhellur / Helpers:

Stefán S.
Senda bréf / send email

Fræðsluefni sem birt hefur verið / Educational posts recorded so far:

[info]zahgurim
_Íslenska. Resources.
_A post on useful books and websites in the conquest of learning Icelandic.

[info]genkobar
_Lesson 0.354b [EDITED]
_"Hello, how are you?" in Icelandic, with explanations and a few word translations

_On the Icelandic alphabet, rules of the written language and general pronounciation rules
_Column with a few historical references as to the structure of the Icelandic written language

_Ferðalok eftir Jónas Hallgrímsson
_Column about a poem by the famous Icelandic poet Jónas Hallgrímsson, and its translation. Introducing Dick Ringler's interesting and very educational website on the poet.

_Six is Sex
_About the first twenty numbers in Icelandic.

_Hark, Heaven's Maker
_A text about the famous poem by 12th and 13th century poet Kolbeinn Tumason, a line-by-line translation and homework assignment;)

[info]velvetchamber
_A pronounciation guide for the Icelandic alphabet.
_For everyone who knows common English pronounciation; no IPA involved.

[info]ekilon
Educational chats with Icelanders:

_"I would if I could"
_A chat about "ég verð"("I have to") opposed to "ég ætla" ("I plan to") amongst other things

_ertu til, þá?
_A chat about the slang phrase "ertu til?", which directly translates as "do you exist?".

_sjónvarpið - television
_About the word for television.

akumu836
_Observations
_An observation on related words in Icelandic and English/Old English.

_Another Observation
_Further comparison.

_So what should I start to learn first?
_[info]xinsecurex asks where to start learning, and akumu836 gives a good answer.

rivyn
_Íslenska/Dvorak v0.3
_A beta version of a Dvorak keyboard modified to suit Icelandic, in developement by Sigþór Jarðarson, aka Rivyn.

_Picture I promised
_A photo of foresaid Icelandic-Dvorak keyboard.

_Thorgeir Thorgeirson - Eybúasaga / Islander Story
_A text showing a poem with verses, alternating between original and English translation.

Áhugaverðar vefsíður / Interesting webpages:

_Mímir; [http://www.samkoma.com/mimir/mimir.htm]
"Mímir is a Hypertext-based tool which allows the user quickly to search through and to reference the grammar of the Icelandic language.

All the major parts of speech are described, with examples, and are readily accessible through Hypertext links between the various sections."
(from the webpage)


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If you want to have the LiveJournal interface in Icelandic, go to www.livejournal.com/setlang.bml, select Icelandic and press "Switch Language". It's still only about 40% done, but most of the main features and commands are in those 40.
Interests:7: bjork, björk, iceland, icelandic, languages, sigur ros, sigur rós
Maintainers:2: genkobar, noktulo
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