It's because of the relatively low number of speakers and the isolated location, Því miður. Oh, and probably also the fact that everyone there already tala ensku.

I'm learning Icelandic because of how beautiful it sounds. I recently visited Iceland and fell in love with the scenic and breathtaking landscapes I saw. I am 100% going back and I hope my Icelandic is good enough to have fluent conversations by the time I go back. Also, I have found Icelandic to be incredibly well structured. So much so, that learning the language is quite easy, especially as my 3rd language.

Thanks again! For me the audience selection is more quality than quantity. ;)

Alveg sjálfsagt - most welcome :)

Glad it helped! Hope you have a good stay here!

@@ivargu Thank you so much!😇

It works the other way around as well. I can pretty much understand most things if I have a bit of context from swedish text, but the spoken language is more difficult :)

Glad to be of help Kelly! :)

Takk fyrir það! Glad you liked it, and I hope you have a good trip to Akureyri! :)

Yeah. Since I spend a lot of time in the Netherlands I've really noticed so many interesting similarities and connections. 😊

Thanks Matilda, I've always considered myself to mutter a bit, so I'm glad you found it clear! :D

Thanks! Any words, or other topics you are particularily interested in?

@@ivargu well actually there is a very powerful technique to teach languages which is very easy at the same time: you can just take a book with illustrations for little children (or any image from the Internet) and describe everything on every picture in Icelandic. Thanks to the context the learner can understand most words without translating, it's both fun and effective. Basically that's how babies learn their native language. Here are two examples of videos like that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdmgdtleyL_Thqs.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g5mBdJCD1tG-Yps.html This method is called Comprehensible Input and it's getting more and more popular but unfortunately nothing like that exists for Icelandic so it would super cool if you make some videos with this technique! Let me know if you decide to make such a video and I'll give you more information about the method.

Happy to hear that, and glad you had a good stay!

Spasibo again! Glad you liked it :)

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. I hope you will have a good trip in February!

Glad you liked it, and thank you so much :)

Excellent question! We make no distinction between morning/afternoon in that sense, so "góðan dag" (good day) is used from dusk till dawn.

Glad it was helpful Miguel, and hope you have a good visit!

Great idea. Thanks for stopping by, and I will do :)

@@ivargu I really enjoy your videos. You bring Iceland closer. One day I’ll be there to see everything with my own eyes. Thank you!!

Very happy to hear they are helping :)

Just finished a trial lesson with this student - I told her many things about Iceland ( most of them gleamed from the Internet - she seems determined to learn Icelandic ! )Do you have any information about native speakers of Icelandic who can teach it online ? Best wishes.

I believe that indeed is the origin of the word, an adaptation of a foreign term for this miraculous contraption :)

@@ivargu :)

Bathroom is 'baðherbergi' NOT 'klósett'. 'klósett' means toilet, and 'salerni' means restroom.

klósett is an interesting word, where as 'kló' is equivalent to sewer and 'sett' being as pair or something

Glad it was of help, and there are definitely similarities with Swedish as the nordic languages all share a similar foundation. :)

Glad it was helpful!

On the calling out to someone you're likely saying just "matur!" which literally means "food", but also implies; "mealtime!". Generally there isn't a distinction made between what type of meal it is (breakfast, lunch, dinner) as the context will be self-evident. You could alternatively say something like "það er kominn matur!" (e. it's mealtime), or "komdu að borða!" (e. come have a meal). If you want to specify the different mealtimes you are basically just saying "morgunmatur" (e. morningmeal), "hádegismatur" (e. noon-meal), or "kvöldmatur" (evening-meal). Let's eat can be; "komdu að borða" (come eat/have a meal), or could be phrased as a question; "eigum við að borða?" (shall we eat?) Cheers in icelandic is "Skál!" pronounced almost exactly like the english word "scowl".

@@ivargu Thank you so much!!

There is a facebook group called "Icelandic learners - læra íslensku!" which I think is a good start. People there are sharing reference to learning materials, and there are some proper teachers on there as well.

Interesting you ask, because I am actually just putting together a video on the strange sounds of the icelandic language :) but you are absolutely right, the majority of the population pronounces "hv" as "kv".

:D That's something I'll need to try now. I tried eating at Ivar's Seafood at the airport in Seattle once, so I've already started the journey of sampling foods connected to my name ;)

That is a fair point. "Vinsamlegast" is definitely a rather close match, literally meaning "kindly". It isn't used the same way though in spoken language as "please" in english. In my mind it's use is - yes more polite - but also conveys a sense of passive aggression. But perhaps that is just my twisted mind ;)

@@ivargu takk fyrir for explaining 😊

Indeed, that is more technically accurate.

"höra" (swedish) = "hear" (english) = "heyra" (icelandic)

Indeed, as Ólafur also properly pointed out.

I'd love if you could point me to specifics, so that I may improve.