Greeting phrases:
| Icelandic phrase |
Functional meaning |
Explanation |
| Góðan dag! |
How do you do? |
= Good day! |
| Sæll! |
Hello! |
= Be happy!
(to a male) |
| Sæl! |
Hello! |
= Be happy!
(to a female) |
| Daginn! |
Howdy! |
= G´day |
| Hæ! |
Hi! |
=Hi! |
| Ég heiti...... |
My name is... |
|
| Hvar átt þú heima? |
Where do you live? |
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| Hvaðan ert þú? |
Where are you from? |
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Að
kveðja:
(Goodbye phrases)
 |
Bless! |
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Vertu sæl! |
 |
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Vertu sæll! |
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Sjáumst aftur! |
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(Pronounciation) |
Goodbye phrases:
| Bless! |
Goodbye! |
= be blessed |
| Vertu sæl! |
Goodbye! |
= to a female |
| Vertu sæll! |
Goodbye! |
= to a male |
| Verið sæl! |
Goodbye! |
= plural, both genders |
| Sjáumst aftur |
See you later! |
= we see us later |
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Exercise: Decide a time when you can join me on a chat channel,
and we will do an exercise with greetings and goodbyes. We can use
my chat channel: http://www.algonet/~gangleri/spjallras.html
Later on, we can use the open chat cannel at http://www.centrum.is
Then we will be joined by icelandic speaking chatters.
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