The Icelandic Alphabet - Introduction and pronunciation

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4 жыл бұрын

A beginner's lesson on how to pronounce the Icelandic alphabet. An example word with the pronunciation of each Icelandic letter follows.
Íslenska stafrófið - The Icelandic alphabet
A, Á, B, D, Ð, E, É, F, G, H, I, Í, J, K, L, M, N, O, Ó, P, R, S, T, U, Ú, V, X, Y, Ý, Þ, Æ, Ö.
A a
Á á
B b
D d
Ð ð
E e
É é
F f
G g
H h
I i
Í í
J j
K k
L l
M m
N n
O o
Ó ó
P p
R r
S s
T t
U u
Ú ú
V v
X x
Y y
Ý ý
Þ þ
Æ æ
Ö ö

Пікірлер: 59

@kokocherrycola6310 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful language it is!! It’s so intoxicating and sounds majestic ❤

@FrozenMermaid666 4 ай бұрын

I learned 4 new words from this video, namely yddari and ýsa and æst and örvar which is the plural of ör! The letter x is at the beginning of the word xýlófón! I highly recommend learning Icelandic / Norse / Dutch / Norwegian / Gothic / Faroese / Welsh which are seven of the prettiest languages ever, as they are as gorgeous / refined / poetic as English and way too pretty not to know! I am close to advanced level in Icelandic (upper intermediate level in both Icelandic and Norse) at the moment, after learning them for a few months, and I highly recommend learning all the words from all the videos teaching them and from all the vocab videos (Go Learn etc) and from G translate and also memorizing and analyzing many song lyrics and watching every video with Icelandic sub, as focusing on vocab is key to fast progress! Icelandic is so heavenly!

@ganbiandoujiao 2 жыл бұрын

ah finally a video with examples instead of just naming the letters! thank you!

@MiracleLSmith-bg4mi 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the excellent video! Edit: I especially appreciate the fact that you didn't have background music playing. We are able to focus fully on the excellent content.

@iceland1012 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@FrozenMermaid666 4 ай бұрын

I would suggest making more videos teaching Icelandic, including vocab videos with very advanced terms and advanced verbs and rare or poetic verbs and terms etc as well as some videos on Icelandic idioms and expressions and slang - I haven’t found videos teaching them yet, so they would be so helpful for advanced learners, myself being quite close to an advanced level!

@Eryk.Burkharth 2 жыл бұрын

The most clearer content I have found so far, thank you so much 🤟🤟

@misterciceroferreira4646 Жыл бұрын

I am so happy to be learning the language from my FAVORITE COUNTRY in the world: Iceland. I do wish to move in some day! :)

@nightcoremaniac178 3 жыл бұрын

My first language is Irish and I noticed something with the word for watch (Úr). The Irish word for hour is Uair, pronounced ew-er, and in German it is Uhr. For example, in Irish, one hour is "uair amháin" pronounced ew-er ah-wan (like wan in (wan)d) and the word for watch is "uaireadóir" pronounced ew-er-a-door

@robertsummers3386 3 жыл бұрын

Uhr is also a German Cognate to the French "Heure" which sounds exactly the same.

@zelimamata 2 жыл бұрын

Hora em Portuguese

@Lightmations2024 2 жыл бұрын

@@zelimamata Oras in Filipino

@FrozenMermaid666 4 ай бұрын

It’s because Germanic languages come directly from Latin, and the modern Celtic languages also come mostly from Latin (and Gaulish) and have strong Norse influences, and even the Slavic languages come from Latin, so most or at least thirty percent to half of the words are cognates, but it’s not always easy to tell because many of them have been modified too much or are used with different meanings - I am learning all the Norse / Germanic / Nordic languages and the modern Celtic languages and Latin languages and Slovene and Hungarian etc, and it’s amazing how many cognates I come across every time I learn new words in these languages!

@FrozenMermaid666 4 ай бұрын

@namelessbeast4868 2 ай бұрын

This video was great! Such a shame that you didn't continue to post videos.

@robertsummers3386 3 жыл бұрын

"J" Isn't really hard to pronounce. It does what most Germanic languages make it do. Only exception is English. Also if you have the Icelandic keyboard on Gboard, you'll get Ð and Þ.

@andrear.3192 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson, thank you.

@chree5804 Жыл бұрын

I speak Norwegian and i find it interesting that you have a lot of the same sounds that we have exept you have individual letters for what we just think of as difthongs. Like á, é and ó. And also that au and æ replaces our øy and ei. If I'd just get the grammar rules into my head I don't think it would be difficult to learn the language. They are suprisingly much more alike than i thought, especially if i combine listening with reading. Because some words are spelled the same while others sound the same. And we don't really use any of the "english" letters like c, q or w either. I think writing Norwegian using the Icelandic alphabet would actually be more practical in some sense

@HGozzer 6 ай бұрын

I loved your lesson!!! I would really appreciate if you keep this course on going! 😁 Because I’m wanting very hard to learn Icelandic!!!

@freddyvaka4959 2 жыл бұрын

Hi dude. Thanks for the interesting content. Please make more Icelandic learning videos.

@baseer_vlogs 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so mcuh, such a beautiful language

@1776foreverfollowed 5 ай бұрын

Im learning as much as i can. I listen to the language A LOT throughout the week and say the words back to myself. Hopefully soon i can meet or find someone from there thats willing to become frineds and help out. I wanna become a regular visitor there at some point and would like to become fluent before going. I know everyone speaks english but i would feel more comfortable and im sure some natives would appreciate it as well.

@FrozenMermaid666 4 ай бұрын

@markdpricemusic1574 Жыл бұрын

Superbly helpful. Many thanks for this. M.

@lillemy87 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I want more 😍

@kiruthikas6455 9 ай бұрын

Thank you soo much!! You have no idea how helpful this was to me...And can you please upload many videos about greetings? It will be very helpful for me. The video is soo clear thank you soo much..

@Sanzianabel 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much ☺️

@user-yi1vg8vb9e Жыл бұрын

We should briŋ back þ!

@shoshanakaish1014 4 ай бұрын

This was so helpful!

@viks6210 Жыл бұрын

part 2 perhaps?

@jehan7966 4 ай бұрын

Very helpful!!

@priyankasharma9902 9 ай бұрын

When will you make more videos Sir ?

@quietone748 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. It's hard to figure out the pronunciations when you are just provided with the linguistic written pronunciations and it's much better having real examples as well. I've hear the "G" is different depending on a lot of different things such as placement and adjacent vowels or consonant combination but have yet to figure those out.

@VikingGrazers 2 ай бұрын

This was a great one. I still can't roll my R

@davidalvarez514 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch, we wait for more

@markokaftalli9222 Ай бұрын

7:45 Û

@markokaftalli9222 Ай бұрын

6:54 Letters Y and Ý

@markokaftalli9222 Ай бұрын

0:38 A Á B C D Ð E É F G H I Í J K L M N O Ó P Q R S T U Ú V W X Y Ý Z Þ Æ Ö(Û)

@hairyplotter1121 Жыл бұрын

I love how some of the words are similar to English words with different meanings like kaka can mean poo and kex is slang for pants so if you had kaka in your kex you have filled your trousers this will hopefully help me to remember two of my favourite things cake and biscuits and hopefully not put me off them 😅

@FrozenMermaid666 4 ай бұрын

Oh, I cannot stand that word lol! 😂 I made a new form for it kækja, which sounds way better - kækjan er alltof góð, og ég elskaði kækjurna alltaf! By the way, that yt name made me laugh so hard!

@FrozenMermaid666 4 ай бұрын

@abay1worldofficial 3 жыл бұрын

So you’re supposed to swear when you say the name for Icelandic Þþ!

@dimtool4183 10 ай бұрын

why is "e" and "i" the same? And why U and Ö sound the same? And why in word Helicopter, even though there was only one L, you still pronounced it like double L or something.

@statuschannel8916 7 ай бұрын

but i dont understand u ú o ó can u describe

@MuttonchopsOfJustice 10 ай бұрын

what is the difference between ð and þ? it seems like they both make a th sound

@mbdg6810 6 ай бұрын

They are slightly different and it’s hard to notice due to the fact that languages like english don’t differentiate them. So i’ll try my best to use example words that show a difference Eth is for th sound in “they” or “then” like he said. Thorn meanwhile is used like the th in “both” or even the word “thorn” itself. Thorn is basically used when th sound is more distinct and not cut short.

@quietone748 5 ай бұрын

@@mbdg6810 The "th" in the words the, that, these, them are voiced, meaning you engage your vocal chords. The "th" in the words thorn, thistle, theory are unvoiced. That is the difference.

@SaintBrook Ай бұрын

Also ð is not used at the beginning of a word but þ may be.