Persian here. Probably will never have the chance to visit iceland. But i'm learning iclandic PURELY due to my obsession with icelandic music and history!😌🙌🏻

Another great Icelandic swear line I taught all my friends in Montréal: "Þú ert drullusokkur" (Yo're a dirty sock!). It was funny well into happy hour, listening to them call each other dirty socks 😆

I died laughing of the remembering rule for Good day in icelandic. "Go on dying"?????!!!! Hilarious!!

Some of these Islandic letters also existed in old English.

Every chance I had to thank someone, I always did it in Icelandic, and sure enough, I got many smiles and responses back. And on the plane, I read a phrase book on how to ask for a drink to the flight attendant, and she was so surprised and overjoyed that a passenger at least made an attempt to speak her language. Just got back from Iceland four days ago, and it definitely was an experience of a lifetime.

I am visiting Iceland for the first time in November so this is very useful. Also if all the men are as handsome as you I might want to stay forever 😁

The stormtroopers helmet won me over. I need a refresher. Skal!

Ahaha! I love how the second volcano has an even more difficult name! Brilliant! 😂

Takk takk!!

having been born in iceland and having grown up there, i used to be fluent in icelandic, at the young age of 9 i moved to estonia and have since forgotten icelandic after 10 years not having spoken a single word of icelandic. its cool to me that i still have some proper pronounciation in me and i know a few words

Thank you!

Awesome 👏

preciate the vid brodie

This is so awesome. Thank you.

Great Clip, and fun to watch and learn!

Thanks , that was fun and taught me a few words see you on Thursday

Go on dying😂 thats brilliant, what a greeting

Good teacher

Takk takk meistari 😁

very helpful! takk takk!

see you next year. will be studying in haskoli islands. takk

Takk fyrir meistari!!

Takk for the video. I love it. I'm traveling to Iceland this July and am super excited. Love the stormtrooper helmet in the background. My only question is how do you say, "May the force be with you" in Icelandic?

Thank you for your video! I'm visiting Reyjkavik (it is my first time, I cannot wait!) at the end of April. I'm sure your survival courses help me to learn some Icelandic;)

A few things I’ve observed as a native English speaker who is also familiar with a handful of other languages. You explained it, but yeah, I hear the Þ and Ð being pronounced like TH in English and the Æ sounding like “ai.” Like the other Uralic languages, your J’s are pronounced like Y’s in English, as are your soft G’s, usually occurring when succeeded by an E or I. The double L’s are most peculiar, and sound exactly like the last two letters of the word “macuahuitl,” an Aztec wooden weapon affixed with obsidian blades. Most English-speakers would probably pronounce it like, “mă-qua-heetle,” with the emphasis on the first syllable, but I remember learning somewhere that it’s actually pronounced more like, “mah-qua-wheat,” with the stress on the second syllable. The T-L sound is made by basically pushing air on either side on your tongue while making a flat shape with it and gently touching the roof of your mouth, making a gentle click of the tongue, followed by a sort of soft hiss. It’s hard to explain, but you can look up the word’s proper pronunciation. In Icelandic, double L’s seem to be pronounced the exact same way!

This lenguaje is gorgeous!! It reminds me a little to feroes. Gonna learn both I think.

Gott kvöld frá Québec-fylki! Þetta myndband var æðislegt. Takk fyrir.

Tak tak!

Thanks for this great lesson. Especially given the words you chose to teach us, it's a clear reminder that the Icelandic language has Germanic roots as does English. And of course when toasting a drink, the Skoal is ubiquitous Scandanavian--part of your Danish ancestry no doubt.

Well, that's mighty ironic, I'm going to Iceland very soon and my first day starts with Wake Up Reykjavik food tour.

I just got more interested in learning Icelandic after watching The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and you even mentioned the volcano's name that he long-boarded to in the movie. Awesome little surprise mention!

I am very happy and above all fortunate to come to Iceland, thanks to my company that allows every employee to go to a new country for three days every year.

Going to move to Iceland next year. Language is beautiful. I know a couple of words but want to speak fluently in the future.

Super cool this channel!! Thanks teacher!! You're so calm to explain the lesson. You make Icelandic easy 😊 . I've just found it. I love studying languages. Greetings from Brazil!

Great video! Thank you. We are visiting Reykjavik in June. Looking forward to it. Takk Takk

This is really helpful thank you!

Sæll og takk fyrir🎉

Takk fyrir.❤

Thank you for this video, I sell New Nordic patisserie and have a regular Icelandic customer, looking forward to greeting him in Icelandic at my next local market :)

Thank you sir,am called Jessica and am here to learn Iceland language

Eth and thorn are very similar but not the same. Like the subtle difference between the “th” in the word “the” and the “th” in the word threw. Eth is a soft th sound and thorn is a hard th sound👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎Takk meistari😊😊😊😊

This guy is great! I’d watch him explain how to change a battery!😅 (it’d be informative AND funny!). Spectacular tips on how to remember words, phrases. We’re headed there in late May. Can’t wait for the next lesson.

Takk fyrir! In Britain we also say "ta" for thanks. Maybe it's related to takk.

Soo, rassgatid is basically asshole. Good one to know. I have been exposed to Icelandic for a bit since I was little. We had Icelandic horses and when a foal was born the fun began. I would pick a name for the little one with the Icelandic horse name book. It was a book full of pronunciation and meanings to the names. It was always fun for me and my family to find the best name. One of my favorites was ''Flugar'' and ''Tyr''. Badass names for 2 badass horses, born and raised in the Netherlands but with a whole lot of amazing history behind their names.

LL in Icelandic is pronounced like the tl in the English word battle but faster. TL TL TL

Love the tongue twisters, but reading and understanding is easier considering English and Germanic cognates.

I'm gonna visit Iceland with my mom and dad, the food tour sounds like fun! Further what does 'draumar getta raest' mean? It's from a song.

This is a really solid video, I'm gonna drop a follow. I always felt like þú sounds like you. and even though "en" basically means but I like to think of it sounding similar to and "en þú?" "and you?". Not sure if that is exactly a trick though...just where my mind goes :D

Great video! Thank you for adding the sounds of the non-English letters. Also, I like to try to be as exact as possible in my pronounciation, but the background music is distracting and makes it hard to hear the words well. Takk maesteri!

bro what is the background music its getting my hyped?

Lol “Go on dying” 🤣

As Norwegian, most of these words were very simple to understand.

Takk meistari

I speak Polish and English. People say Polish is hard but hearing this I’m perplexed lol. I just need a few phrases for my trip in August lol I can’t say the swear sentence at all no I guess my learning will be pretty clean.

I feel like you're setting me up with "Meistari" lol, but I am going to try to use it.

"go on dying"😂

If you say 'crusader' quick enough with emphasis on the second syllable it sounds a bit like hvað segirðu

Pakistani and i am learning because i love iceland so much

Are you able to translate English to icelandic for an important tattoo to my heart? Any help would be amazing. Love from scotland

Loved the lesson! Quick question...Can "meistari" be used when addressing females too, or just males? Takk Takk!

How long do you think it takes to learn the language? I am from Argentina, and Spanish is one of the languages with the most tenses and conjugations. My plan is to migrate to Iceland to work and thrive.

Do you have any winter promo codes? hehe

As an American, if I were interested in learning the language correctly before studying abroad at UI, what would you recommend? (because I don’t have a lot of confidence in any translation apps when it comes to Icelandic 😅) Kær kveðja

For me as a german some phrases are easy. Sounds like german. Dor example, we say Guten Tag. But that double L still confuse me. Is there any rule about it or is it always thath Chi/Ki Sound?

Is English popular among native Icelanders? I would like to emigrate to Iceland to work and learn at least Icelandic to be able to have simple conversations. However, it is not as easy as I thought, even though I know German, English and a little Spanish.

I'll just say it in English! It's hilarious!

Is it weird I was watching a movie that was in Icelandic and without subtitles I understand some of the words 😅

Ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál.

Hi! I've been living in iceland for 13 days now, (I'm from Spain) This country is amazing!!!! I've already have an appartment and a job. But one thing I must say, be ready with savings, 1st month you'll spend a ton of money. I have to say I love the energy that this island brings, and be carefull with the earthquaques!!. One thing to point out is that... Your Icelandic its pretty bad, and my icelandic is really bad. I know you're trying to teach the locals but... Native icelandics wont understand you. Godain and Takk Fyrir are the go to, but you have to practice them a lot. No once says Skal here.

How to make a clickbait for swear words and make the swear so complicated that noone will speak and still be friendly: mastered

As a silly little monolingual English-speaking American, the complexity of Icelandic is truly overblown. The pronunciation is actually extremely consistent, especially compared to MOST languages (definitely including English). Once you learn the rules for pronunciation, you're pretty much set. Admittedly, yes, the grammar can be nightmarish for foreigners (again, especially as an English speaker, because we don't use gender and we don't understand cases). Nonetheless, you can very much make yourself understood even with poor grammar. Icelandic syntax is more similar to that of English than many languages, because they are somewhat distantly related. Also there is plenty of vocabulary that is actually quite similar. And of course, when all else fails, it has been my experience that Icelanders are often happy to oblige when you make the effort to speak with them in Icelandic. People were incredibly gracious with me in Reykjavík when I spoke with questionable grammar and incorrect genders or cases. Icelanders know that their language has many complex elements, and furthermore, they know what it's like to speak English, so they're aware of the challenges of tackling it from an English perspective. 11/10 country, would eagerly visit again, and gladly practice more Icelandic with local people.

5:57. "Jump up your a**hole" is a COMPLIMENT on Rainbow Street, Reykjavik

can not learn any thing while seeing the helmet from behind

why does it sound like "thingvetlir"? there is no "t" at all T_T

Are you a native speaker?

I'm freaking out, the prosody is like Venezuelan/Canarian Spanish or Galician/Catalonian... more conservative forms of Spanish, much more true to the original thing Cervantes spoke.

Probably won't use it yeah because I can't pronounce it at all right lol

I think f… off translates in any language 😂 said to one’s self of course 😊

Not easy to find a penpal for icelandic.

People that want to move to iceland here ⬇️

What sortof person only wants to learn swear words in a langugae? Okay, learning them as well as regular words is fine , but only??!!!

videos begins at 2:13 ngl I HATE INTROS why not just begin instantly with the subject you made me 2 minutes wait mdrrrr. Just begin pal, I am only interested in the language don't need to listen all your stories

Yet, I only learn by associations. Don't ever use mnemonics and find it even harder to learn. Even for acronyms. But yeah, it's just me. One less subscriber, though

The main problem with Icelandic, and many other languages, is that when you see it in writing, it IS NOT PROPERLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH!!! WTF Over? Why is it so damn difficult to translate the written words properly? Even a very simple word like Takk, the word for Thank in English, EVERYONE pronounces it Toc, or possibly Tock. But they spell it Takk. WTF? And it gets worse from there. Spell the damn words Phonetically. Yes, I know the English language is F-ed up also, so what? We're discussing translating INTO English.

Funniest tutorial ever..is it typical Icelandic humour or is it you only? 😂😂