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Playlists on Traditional Folk and Dance Music on Spotify → Part 2

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/playlists-on-traditional-folk-and-dance-music-on-spotify-%e2%86%92-part-2/

#Iceland
#Icelandic #Language
#Íslenska
#Glonzo
#LookWhatYouWentAndStarted

W O R D
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Buxur
🇬🇧 English: Pants
🏷️ Noun (feminine)

E X A M P L E S E N T E N C E
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Ég keypti nýjar buxur í gær.
🇬🇧 English: I bought new pants yesterday.

G R A M M A R
📝 Plural noun. Definite form: buxurnar. Often used with adjectives in plural form.

#LearnIcelandic #Icelandic #LanguageLearning #Íslenska

W O R D
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Kind
🇬🇧 English: Sheep
🏷️ Adjective

E X A M P L E S E N T E N C E
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Hún er mjög kind hjá börnum.
🇬🇧 English: The sheep is blsck,

G R A M M A R
📝 The word 'kind' in Icelandic is a masculine noun that can be used in a definitive and indefinite form.

#LearnIcelandic #Icelandic #LanguageLearning #Íslenska

W O R D
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Sumar
🇬🇧 English: Summer
🏷️ Noun

E X A M P L E S E N T E N C E
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Sumarið var heitt og sólskin var mikið.
🇬🇧 English: The summer was hot and there was a lot of sunshine.

G R A M M A R
📝 The word 'sumar' is a neuter noun. In Icelandic, nouns can take definite or indefinite forms. The indefinite form is 'sumar' (a summer), while the definite form is 'sumarið' (the summer). The definite form is often used when referring to a specific instance of the noun, as in the example sentence. Additionally, adjectives modifying 'sumar' must agree in gender, number, and case. Here, 'heitt' (hot) is in the neuter singular nominative form to match 'sumarið'.

#LearnIcelandic #Icelandic #LanguageLearning #Íslenska

Today I learned a new word in Icelandic 🇮🇸 :
Gervigreindardrulla

I was able understand it by just breaking it into its pieces gervi, greind and drulla:
Artificial Intelligence Shit

#icelandic #íslenska #tungumál #language #Iceland

W O R D
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Rigning
🇬🇧 English: Raining
🏷️ Noun (feminine)

E X A M P L E S E N T E N C E
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Í dag er mikil rigning úti.
🇬🇧 English: Today there is heavy rain outside.

G R A M M A R
📝 The word 'rigning' is a feminine noun in Icelandic. It can be used in both definite and indefinite forms. In the indefinite form, it is 'rigning' (rain), and in the definite form, it is 'rigningin' (the rain). The definite form is often used when referring to a specific instance of rain, while the indefinite form is used for general reference or when the specific instance is not known or important.

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W O R D
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Hjóla
🇬🇧 English: Bike
🏷️ Verb

E X A M P L E S E N T E N C E
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Ég hjóla oft til vinnu á sumrin.
🇬🇧 English: I often bike to work in the summer.

G R A M M A R
📝 Að hjóla is an infinitive verb in Icelandic. When conjugated, it follows regular weak verb patterns. For example, in the present tense: ég hjóla (I bike), þú hjólar (you bike), hann/hún/það hjólar (he/she/it bikes). In the past tense: ég hjólaði (I biked), þú hjólaðir (you biked), hann/hún/það hjólaði (he/she/it biked).

The verb itself does not change based on gender or definiteness. Instead, it agrees only with person (first, second, third) and number (singular or plural). This is why hann hjólar and hún hjólar use the same verb form — both are third person singular, even though the pronouns differ in gender.

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W O R D
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Köttur
🇬🇧 English: Cat
🏷️ Noun (masculine)

E X A M P L E S E N T E N C E
🇮🇸 Icelandic: Kötturinn er að drekka mjólkina.
🇬🇧 English: The cat is drinking the milk.

G R A M M A R
📝 In Icelandic, nouns have definite and indefinite forms. 'Köttur' is the indefinite nominative singular form meaning 'a cat'. The definite form is 'kötturinn' (the cat), where '-inn' is the definite article suffix. The indefinite form is used when referring to a cat in general or the first time mentioning a specific cat, while the definite form is used when the cat has been previously specified or is known to both the speaker and listener.

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For the first time in ages I opened #Facebook and got a reminder from 14 years ago. It in #Icelandic but I will translate it for you to #English

"Got a comment at #work today from a co-worker when he saw my #VNC session opened with 4x #xterm windows within.

Have you thought that you might be too much of a #nerd?

I am so #happy with my #LifeChoices ! That much is sure!"

 
          Ég er að horfa á Time Travelers. #Icelandic

I am watching for the Time Travelers.

❛❛ On the Night of the Total Lunar Eclipse,
Time Travelers descend in their space-time ships. ❜❜

— For more images in this series, click on: #KronoWatch

#WelcomeTimeTravelers #2025Mar14 #Iceland #Breiðavík #Ísland #Íslenska #Unsplash #TimeTravel #Kronodon

 
Við erum að horfa á Tímafarendur. #Icelandic

We are watching for the Time Travelers.

❛❛ On the Night of the Total Lunar Eclipse,
Time Travelers descend in their space-time ships. ❜❜

— For more images in this series, click on: #KronoWatch

#WelcomeTimeTravelers #Iceland #2025Mar14 #Þjóðvegur #Icelandic #Íslenska #TimeTravel #Unsplash #Kronodon

 
Við erum að horfa á Tímafarendur. #Icelandic

We are watching for the Time Travelers.

❛❛ On the Night of the Total Lunar Eclipse,
Time Travelers descend in their space-time ships. ❜❜

— For more images in this series, click on: #KronoWatch

#WelcomeTimeTravelers #Iceland #2025Mar14 #Icelandic #Íslenska #TimeTravel #Unsplash #Kronodon