Komið sæl og blessuð, @greencrafter, @scotchcrawfish, @viskumal, @princetonok, @northern-seidmadr, @iceland-bound,@anastasiaoftheironwood, og @the-icelandic-huntress. (And @ anyone else interested.)

You all showed interest in an Icelandic study group of sorts, if I’m not mistaken (on this post). So what platform would you all like to make use of? I was browsing some options, and I noticed Google Hangouts. It can be used for both a regular chat and video chat. We don’t always have to chat via video, of course.

There is also an app called HelloTalk. It’s meant to connect people learning languages with native speakers, but I haven’t had a lot of luck finding people learning Icelandic there. Perhaps we could change that by all hoping on there? It’s an option to consider, at least.

Feel free to use this blog for questions as well, by the way. I may not be able to answer them, but the-icelandic-huntress or someone else may be able to. Also, feel free to submit audio posts of you speaking Icelandic. That way people who know their pronunciation can lend a hand, perhaps. There is a lot of potential on the blog itself, so we don’t necessarily need a separate app for everything.

Let me know what you all think! I’m open to ideas.

Bless bless!
– Fjörn

Pesach sameach ! פסח סמח

Passover - פסח

happy - סמח

Spanish vocabulary

source: Hable con ella , a Spanish movie.

chulear; make fun of

culebra ; snake

bicho: bug, insect, animal, creature

ribete: trim, border, edging 

monja: nun

Animo! : come on!

tio : man (Spain)

insinuar : insinuate

despejar : clean

anotarse : annotate, but it also can mean “being up for something” (ex: esta noche voy al cine, te apuntes?) trad: tonight i am going to the cinema, are you up for it?

trastornar : upset

huir : escape

pretexto: excuse

alejar : get away

consternado: worried

averiguar: figure out

echar la bronca: telling someone off

A mí me la suda : idiomatic expression that means : i don’t give a fuck (Spain)

sucio: dirty

disparate: crazy idea

Here are some basic fruits and vegetables in French. Hope it will be useful to somebody…

(I’ve been inspired by another post but I can’t remember the blog)