Answering questions in ICELANDIC only

[@jaroplays_2737]

I love how the Icelandic language sounds, it is so out of this world. Sound mysterious and very pleasant!

[@arnadiskristinsdottir9704]

Takk takk!

[@noibiz]

It really does er það ekki?

[@aliciachristopher6506]

I agree.

[@KaydeBrooks]

Me too agree

[@thelovelyone1582]

It sounds Russian

[@jindigo5606]

It's so hard to listen to you speak Icelandic, read in English and at the same time try to find words that sound similar in German. It's like searching in three drawers at the same time. But it's fun though xD

[@linalinalinaa]

Carla genau das denk ich mir auch 😂

[@krstnphil]

Und dann noch die süßen Grübchen, geben einem den Rest 😂👍

[@kaigunnarsson7148]

Ich kann alles drei 😅👌

[@anthonyp9591]

Ich hab' "oft" gehört...

[@mambojambo4870]

Selbe Herausforderung hier xD

[@radioactivel1609]

Thank you so much for making these videos. I am Icelandic, i was born in Iceland, I speak Icelandic, but I am struggling very much to keep the language. I live in Denmark and have lived there almost my whole life. I speak Icelandic with my family at home but I struggle so much, I have gotten worse through time. I need to listen more to Icelandic to learn and get better, but there is really nothing Icelandic I’d like to watch, but this!!! please do more!!

[@arnadiskristinsdottir9704]

Mér finnst svo gaman þegar ég finn önnur fólk sem er íslenskt eins og þú

[@u.b.pearson5581]

DudeYoureDuckd I’m in a similar situation!! I’m half Icelandic but born and raised in England, so I’ve found it really hard to continue to expand my Icelandic vocabulary when I’m constantly surrounded by English! But I have found some things that have really helped me: -Filling my social media feeds with Icelandic content. On instagram I follow @elinstefans who posts stories of her speaking in Icelandic pretty much every day, also @everywordinicelandic & @learnicelandicnow post about learning Icelandic, and @ljosmyndasafnislands & @islenskarlistakonur are Icelandic photography and art accounts which post Icelandic captions! I’m also in a Icelandic learning group on Facebook (it’s called Practice and Learn Icelandic, and it has LOTS of great learning resources listed!!) and I like Rúv and mbl.is on facebook so I’m reading more Icelandic in news articles. -Watching Icelandic TV & movies. Honestly watching kids stuff is really good and I’ve found loads of videos of Lati Bær / Lazy Town in Icelandic here on youtube!! But one of the best things is to watch Rúv online or on the app. Lots of programmes are available to watch outside of Iceland, and there’s so much content to choose from! I can’t recommend doing this enough!! Even just watching the news every day in Icelandic has made a huge difference for me and helped broaden my vocabulary. Also a brilliant Icelandic tv show is Ófærð/Trapped, and some movies I’ve enjoyed are Brúðguminn, Hrútar, Kona fer í stríð, Mamma Gógó, Nói albínói and Eldfjall. -Setting my phones preferred language to Icelandic. Not everything is available in Icelandic, but the day and date are shown in Icelandic, and youtube and google maps are automatically in Icelandic now for me. -and finally, Icelandic music!! I listen to a few artists who perform in Icelandic and its another great way to immerse yourself in the language. I really like GDRN and JóiPe x Króli ! I hope some of this helps!!!! I wish you the best of luck with continuing to better your Icelandic, I know it can be really tricky but don’t give up!! :~)

[@radioactivel1609]

U.B. Pearson thank you!! The only Icelandic movies/shows I can watch are the cd’s we have at home like Ladi bær, söngvaborg and Fíasól, which I don’t have so much interest in anymore but I sometimes watch it with my niece. I do listen to Icelandic music because of my parents, they often listen to bubbi and sometimes my dad explain what he is singing. I speak four languages daily, and it’s so hard to learn everything at once, but I NEED to get better at Icelandic since my whole family lives in Iceland. Plus Icelandic is a very beautiful language and very cool to know how to speak lol. It’s crazy how much better you get by listening to the language. When I visit my family in Iceland, I get so much better in just a week of being there. Also because I really try to speak Icelandic when I’m there. Here in Denmark I get kind of lazy and don’t try hard enough. I hope my English was understandable...

[@u.b.pearson5581]

DudeYoureDuckd you’re so welcome!! :~) yeah for a time I was also stuck with just watching old dvds but it’s surprising how much Icelandic content you can find online! definitely definitely utilise the Rúv app too to find new shows to watch!! & yess my mum also plays bubbi and mannakorn too and explains what I don’t understand! speaking four languages is AMAZING!!!! honestly props to you! language learning really is hard, especially when you have multiple languages to be able to mix things up with hahaha! but I’m exactly the same, I have a big family in Iceland and really feel the need to be able to speak Icelandic fluently, it’s my life’s dream lol. and ISNT IT!!! every time I go to visit I improve SO MUCH and in such a short space of time! when I was younger we went for 6 weeks one summer and by about week 3 I didn’t speak English at all to my mum, it was crazy! It is much harder to keep it up when you’re not there though, completely surrounded by Icelandic and really having to use it daily. But I’m sure we’ll both get there- I believe in us!!!! I’ve always said I want to move to Iceland for at least a few years, and I think that will be the best way to fully get to grips with the language! But until then, just surrounding myself with as much Icelandic as I can is what I can do! & I agree it is suuuuuuch a beautiful language, I love how soft it is and all of the unique sounds are so interesting!! also your English is great!

[@sth8764]

@@u.b.pearson5581 oh thanks i'm half icelandic too but born in france (i only lived in iceland from 3 to 7 yo so vocabulary is really the thing i try to get better at now 🙃

[@DagRobertFLyon]

i'm norwegian, and surprisingly I can understand alot of this haha.

[@gryphon3241]

I've got a mormon friend who served his two year mission in brazil, speaking exclusively Portuguese. With just the simple fact that he's fluent in Portuguese he's found has allowed him at least some level of conversational ability in pretty much every latin based language, spanish, italian, and so on. really not too surprising that two fairly (at least on the surface) similar nordic languages could at least understand the basics of each others sentences

[@isaacdarcy9827]

Bloody Irish Gaelic an can understand a wee bit from living in Trosmø, Norge

[@HasufelyArod]

Does Norwegian have articles? I am given to understand that Icelandic doesn't have them.

[@luishurtado3377]

@@HasufelyArod yes, it has, but they are placed at the end of the words and form part of them instead of being a separate word

[@noobienoobie6358]

Sorry but I think I just had a stroke trying to understand as a Norwegian. Maybe it has something to do with dialect-- holy shit as I'm typing this I just understood something lmao.

[@gruu]

As a swedish person its kind of like listening to a radio with bad reception, here and there you understand perfectly but mostly it's just impossible xD thanks for the subtitles, this was really interesting and I hope you do more vids in icelandic! Hälsningar från Sverige :]

[@blahajenthusiast101]

I am learning swedish, it had the same effect on me XD Hej från Algeria :D

[@TheAVHN]

Icelandic - the language that just makes me feel like I have viking ancestors.

[@alexanderfjeldberg3696]

@KALUMO Many swedes in Finland so if he is finnish he could have viking ancestors

[@alexanderfjeldberg3696]

@@God-Zax I know they were, but they didn't practice norse mythology to the same extent and they didn't conquer most of the british isles. Not to mention, many russian vikings were direct decendents from Swedish vikings. Most of scandinavia produced vikings only some of russia did so we get all the glory XD

[@alexanderfjeldberg3696]

@@God-Zax Longboats were invented in scandinavia in the 400s and mercinaries were very common in those days. I don't doubt there were many slavic vikings, I agree with you. But the way I see it is the reason Slavic vikings arne't well known is because they didn't leave as big of a mark. I am Norwegian btw don't call me a swede. And earlier you said slaves are vikings you're not, you were and so were we scandies.

[@alexanderfjeldberg3696]

@@God-Zax Slavic mytholigy is not norse mytholigy, Perun is not Thor and he shouldn't be. be proud of your myths. Greek people take pride in their gods if you claimed their gods were roman they would be pissed. saying Perun is like Thor is the same as saying Perun is like Zues.

[@hakon_dlc]

@@alexanderfjeldberg3696 Agreed, there couldn't be less of a reason to try and offend anyone here

[@_Mett_]

I might not speak for everyone, but I really enjoyed listening to your native tongue. Icelandic, to me, is such a beautiful language.

[@solezonata2911]

I grew up in a village called Älvdalen in Sweden where the local dialect is much closer to Old Norse than the "normal" Swedish. So I kinda understand this although I have neither been to Iceland nor ever studied Icelandic.

[@belmaier9123]

Islandic is such a beautiful language! It's music to my ears🎶 If you want do more videos on Islandic🇮🇸☺️ Greetings from Germany🇩🇪❤️

[@JozeManuLOL]

Do you understand something?

[@JozeManuLOL]

Do you understand something?

[@aalheiurhaforsdottir1106]

Luna Lovegood just saying its icelandic not islandic i just want you to know :)

[@dario_lind]

JozeManu I know it’s a bit late but me as someone who speaks German I can roughly understand a few words and sentences here and there

[@BlizWar]

I love listening to you speaking Icelandic. So very soothing. :) Great video and awesome METALLICA hoodie! Greetings from Finland.

[@jurii_vladimirovich]

The Islandic language is so beautiful and calming! I wish I knew Islandic, it sounds like a waterfall. Please make more videos in Icelandic! Greetings from Poland!

[@christhelostsoul9927]

Im an american learning icelandic, i love the way icelandic sounds

[@stelxo4111]

Listening to Icelandic is like listening to ASMR lmao love from Greece 🇬🇷

[@s.savvidou8701]

stel xo Greek and Xo?? Aight you’re my lost sibling

[@stelxo4111]

S. Savvidou if it ain’t χο then it got to go ⚡️❤️ #abelμονο

[@maerythegreek9008]

From the other side of the world! Greek too🇬🇷🤚

[@bananaborz1]

χαχαχα

[@DevilRockso]

I can't deny that I reaaaally love your voice when you speak íslenska

[@jenniferpersinger4020]

Thank you for your positivity, your thoughts on brightening someone’s day with just a compliment or kind words, and for speaking in Icelandic. It sounds so magical and soothing when you speak it!

[@sofie6679]

So much fun being norwegian and listening to you speak Icelandic and hearing how so many of the worlds are the same💗 You are beautiful!

[@rin_2064]

i loved this video so much! And hearing you speaking icelandic honestly feels so relaxing because of your smooth voice haha

[@havardlangeland5165]

It is fun to see how equally Norwegian and Icelandic are in many ways. Because if I slow down the video, I can actually understand quite a lot, even without subtitles that help me :) The languages ​​are different at the same time, with Icelandic having many different words and many consonants compared to Norwegian. I did not know that the languages ​​are so similar

[@batman206WRC]

It was so relaxing listening to you speaking Icelandic👍😊🇮🇸

[@johncurry7246]

This sort of channel is what I love about the internet. Getting to learn about people and cultures from around the planet that we just don't get to learn much about in school here in America. I hope that came out the right way. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to make these videos!

[@MichaelSmith-fh4rn]

I loved this! I appreciate the time and effort it takes you to do this. Your English is excellent and it is good to hear you speak freely in your own language because one's native language allows so much more freedom to relax and speak more easily from the heart. Don't allow judgmental and hateful people upset you online. You offer too much goodness to want to leave this platform! Best wishes from the mountains of Western North Carolina, USA.

[@alkos4335]

I just wanted to say, you are really great and I enjoy ur content. Even though I found you because I was looking for Icelandic related topics I definitely stayed because of you and your personality and not just because of Iceland... And you seem like really positive, kind, honest, down to earth and trustworthy person. Keep up being awesome I wish you all the best. Cheers from Poland. 🙃 P.s. Sheesh I almost never comment on anything and here I go writing an essay 😅

[@giddyupism]

It’s great that you, didn’t and still don’t allow your negative experiences to embitter you and cause you to release more negative aura into this world that has soooooooooo much of it already. Thank you very much for your positivity. Keep it up and don’t let ANYONE make you do otherwise(do not follow the crowd to do evil). Have a great day!

[@thegreatestshowonearth7623]

I understood when she said Instagram throw me a parade #1

[@nomeaknat]

Would you please do more videos in Icelandic? I really enjoy them.

[@alwaysdreaming9604]

Thank you A LOT for this video!! I finally have an opportunity to listen to real icelandic spoken! It's such a nice language though Please do more of this!

[@plusunim]

The language is fascinating! I like all the tinges and accents. It's hard to catch phrases similar to English

[@Agonymous]

Such a beautiful language and a nice person too. The things you said about others and that you make some compliments to people so they feel better is heartwarming. I think exactly the same about those people who only see themselfs and don't care about others. Hearing you speaking ìslensku helps me learning the language. I have to say that it is very hard for me to understand a word as beginner because you talk so fast but it is getting better. Btw. congrats to your country's contribution to Eurovision. Daði Freyr (and also Hatari) made me curious about your beautiful country and your old language. Please make more content in Icelandic.

[@kennyw4779]

So fascinating to listen to you speaking Icelandic. I'm Norwegian and speak a dialect known as "Helgelandsmål". Since it is said to have kept a lot of the old Norse language intact, I went on Google translate to check for similarities with Icelandic. There are quite a lot of similarities. It sounds silly, but I get a little emotional listening to Icelandic people speak. The reason is that a lot of the Icelandic population are descended from Norwegians who emigrated a thousand years ago. We've been separated ever since, but to hear that our languages carries with them the connection of our people is special to me.

[@adamclark7536]

That was such a good video. I love the rhythms and the sounds of your beautiful language. Good job on the positive action too, sending good vibes through Instagram and also blocking the weirdos! You just make me want to come back again. Thank you.

[@HrvojeBan]

I totally agree with the positivity/giving compliments point. On that note, I really enjoy your videos and I especially liked this one where you are speaking Icelandic. Big hello from Croatia! 🇭🇷

[@nolannernberg4627]

I love watching these! You have a delightful personality and I love hearing spoken Icelandic. Please keep making more videos!

[@khaotik.weirdo]

Woah. I've heard Icelandic being spoken before and I liked it. But now I hear it from you and there's something about your use of it that makes it sound other-worldly beautiful. Now I'm not sure if I'd learn Norwegian or Icelandic first.

[@x3kiwiix3]

FInally got to watch this video! I looove the sound of icelandic and I am proud that I even understood some fragments after studying icelandic for 1,5 years. It's going slowly but it's still progress. For me understanding people speaking is the hardest but I am so happy that I keep understanding a little bit more and more all the time :D If you ever have the time to do another video only in icelandic it will be well appreciated :) Takk fyrir myndbandið Hrafna!

[@finnmiller-new6383]

Listening to this doing university work not reading subtitles half the time just loving the sound of Icelandic

[@camrendavis6650]

Do you listen to "Of Monsters and Men?" I love that band so much

[@Hrafna]

Yes! Love them

[@creepymoon2606]

I love them too 😍😍

[@jamesprice8220]

@@Hrafna I love them too!! What's your favourite song by them??

[@KimberSly]

Thank you for this video. I am learning Icelandic and it helps to hear people speak it. Which is surprisingly hard to find online! Just people speaking the language and not instructing.

[@MegaTrex3]

Listening to you speak Icelandic helps me with learning the language like the sounds and pronunciation. Thank you so much😁

[@evaklent8958]

I've missed you Hrafna! Love you the most💘

[@ChachiBunny]

As a person who is learning (trying to) Icelandic I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for going through the trouble of subtitling it. Also, as a fellow and former English Literature student, your thesis sounds super interesting. Good luck with it!

[@jorgecella7944]

Hi, Hrafna wanted to tell you that I really liked your video, you hear very tender speaking in your mother tongue! I loved it so much! I hope you make more videos of this kind! Greetings from Venezuela.

[@GunnarCreutz]

Thanks for a nice video! I learned some Icelandic at Uni, but it was a long time ago, so I have watched this video several times to improve my language skills.

[@fiskurwong195]

Greetings from China. Actually I hardly leave comments on KZbin but I'd like to say something. I've been watching Hrafna's video for several months and they truely widen my understanding of Iceland and Icelandic. Maybe I'm a little bit sensitive but you looked unhappy in this video. All I want to say is never mind people or bad message which are bothering you. I'm always dream of travelling to Iceland and I knew that nordic citizens are kind and respectful to people around. Always be happy and peaceful! :)

[@DHMenke]

One further note, Hrafna. You represent to me the whole of Iceland, at least as a representative of the younger generation of Icelanders. And, you are a worthy representative of your fellow Icelanders. I follow one other Icelandic person - on Instagram only - but she writes only in Icelandic, and she sticks to personal items about herself, her child, and her relationship with the father of her baby, so this woman does not teach me much at all about Iceland. Maybe you know who she is; her name is Birta Osk Hjaltadottir. I want to thank you for sharing so many things about Iceland. To me, it is a pure joy to view your videos. - Dr Dave.

[@heliopijpe]

When Elves start to vlog :-p

[@crownedone200]

Hélio Solar omg 💀

[@SoLiTaRyBoNe]

I don't get it

[@crownedone200]

SoLiTaRyBoNe If you’ve ever heard an elf talking in any movie they have this mystical archaic way of talking so basically he’s calling her an elf

[@heliopijpe]

@@crownedone200 ^^ Well it's not a secret that Tolkien was inspired by old Norwegian, Scandinavian, Finnish, Icelandic etc dialects ;-)

[@lauragraves4342]

Yeah I thought of the elves when she started talking, it's awesome!!! Makes me want to conlang and teach my kids (if I ever have any), a secret language only we would share and make cookies and be like Keebler elves. Idk, maybe I need a head doctor, but sounds like a plan.

[@albagomezmoreno4547]

It's so relaxing hearing you speaking icelandic, more videos live this please!

[@fionaghd5062]

Ég er með B2 próf fyrir íslensku í júní og Það er best að hlusta á íslensk fólk, t.d. á Þig. Og ég skildi næstum allt.

[@Hrafna]

Frábært! Vel gert 👏🏻

[@julekie2152]

Fiona GHD Flott hjá þér! Hvar/hvernig lærir þú íslensku? Ég er búin að búa á Íslandi en núna bý ég aftur á Þýskalandi og mig langar so mikið að læra meira íslensku og að ekki gleyma svo mikið sem er var búin að læra 😄

[@fionaghd5062]

@@julekie2152 Ég var líka á Íslandi fyrir 16 mánuði og núna læra ég bara með netinu og allt af skólanum. (Ég bý líka í Þýskalandi xD)

[@jintineog3367]

Fiona GHD I'd like to translate your first sentence because I can understand that" I am with B2 professional for Icelandic in June and ......." Don't get the rest🙏🏼

[@MellenBerger]

til ykkar að læra íslensku: vel gert og haldið áfram! hélt ég var að lesa komment frá íslendingum...og endilega reyna að finna einhvern að tala við, .því það gleymist fljótt ef maður talar ekki tungumálið , ég er íslenskur, uppalinn á íslandi, skil og tala íslensku 100%. en hef ekki búið a Íslandi í yfir 12 ár, og eitt sem ég finn er að tala mitt eigið tungumál, stundum þarf ég að hugsa...maður blandar saman ýmsu frá þvi tungumáli sem maður notar dagsdaglega...hérna, sem komment á youtube er það ekkert mál, ég veit hvað ég vill segja og hef tíma að setja það niður á blað...ja eða skjá ;) en ef ég er á íslandi, útí búð eða eitthvað..svona spontant koma orðin kannski ekki rétt út. Hrafna: þú ert góður fulltrúi Íslands á you tube, gaman að heyra þig tala íslensku!

[@micha565]

Great video and it is so cool it is in Icelandic, beautiful language :) Good luck with your thesis, it will be succesful for sure! I finished my thesis last year and I know how much time it would take haha so THANKS A LOT for the effort of adding subtitles :) Takk fyrir :D

[@aitorblesa]

Can you make a video for tell us favourite books of Icelandic culture, Scandinavian Viking mythology etc? How awesome sounds Icelandic! I wish to learn it but so difficult from a Spanish guy haha. Thanks Hrafna ^^

[@stoneghost2936]

You mean the Old Germanic/Nordic Religion

[@aitorblesa]

@@stoneghost2936 yes!

[@georgelopez9088]

Your language sounds like music to my ears

[@buckyh7669]

As for asking people's weight. I'm a male so I may have a different perspective, but I ask to have a reference point for my goal body. Whenever I see someone around my height and has a great body, I'm always curious how much muscle I need to put on etc. Maybe since people look up to you so much, they think the same way where you're their goal and they want to have a quantitative number to reach.

[@dynostick]

I don't speak Icelandic but to listen to lt bing spoken fluently was rather wonderful, thank you !

[@szamashups2476]

Icelandic sound like a mix of danish, swedish, finnish and norweigan

[@camilledvls970]

Heyyy for people who is asking about how it is to be a immigrant in Iceland I kinda can answer, I'm french I lived in Iceland I had the right to stay in Iceland as a student as it was for my studies it was pretty easy to do the papers and have a kennitala I was shocked how administration was easier then in France, but idk how it when for people who like somme of my friends moved in Iceland forever because the y married an Icelander or was part who the migrants iceland decided to welcome because they country was in a civil war. I think being an immigrant is in every country hard because it's hard the learn a new language and a new cultural and for years you won't be considered the same as others people because you don't speak like others people and native are tried of having to listen to someone struggling to speak however with me but it can depend on where you are from Icelander was sweat I was just surprised because people in France less shy and appear to show more a big personality but when you know Icelander they are really like every body in the world. The most shocking is the price of things in Iceland it's really really expensive and you will have a hard time to pay things particularly if you are a immigrant you will have to take a job is half easy blabla and I realise it's really too long to say anything and I'm now lazy so I will just say living in Iceland is peaceful and chill and beautiful but sometimes damn boring like really boring and expensive and being a immigrant is a beautiful experience if you choosed it but it's hard

[@georgiesmith6416]

Icelandic is a very beautiful language. It's very soft, even comforting.

[@JISJ1964]

Kvikkmynd á islendska á KZbin mykkje gaman! I never really studied Icelandic but read Salka Valka in Icelandic first and then in Swedish, ten days on the islands as support too made me understand about 40% of what you said. My own language is Swedish. I´ll watch the film once more with text later.

[@charlesnunno8377]

I love it when you speak Icelandic. It's such beautiful language. SAY MORE!

[@MisterAndrewBuckley]

I loved the question about weight. Before CrossFit, weight is used as a definition or a judgement and usually, the hope is it goes down After CrossFit, weight is something that you lift and usually, it goes up..

[@VredesStall]

Question: Can you read and understand the Poetic Eddas and other Icelandic Sagas in Old Norse... and can you understand Norwegians, Danes and Swedes when they speak?? Awesome Video!!

[@andreao1328]

Icelandic is such a beatiful language, but I can't identify where a word ends and other starts! And as someone in the comments said, I'm "searching in the three drawers at the same time", trying to associate the sound in icelandic while reading the captions in english and thinking about it in spanish. Great video, Hrafna!

[@SuperBrutalBear]

I really like watching your vids and even more so when you speak Icelandic. Ive been trying to learn Russian just for the sake of something im interested in learning, but listening to you speak im not even sure i can move my mouth in the proper way so i can pronounce a single thing you say. haha. but its very awesome to hear Icelandic.

[@khs17]

Thank you for your video Hrafna , always such a pleasure to watch. Big hug from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️

[@Jan-S-Simonsen]

I'm a Dane living in England, and I find Icelandic such a wonderful and musical language. Is Hrafna a nickname?

[@stoneghost2936]

I think its a shortened version of her name, Hrafnhildur (sorry if i didnt spell it right)

[@Jan-S-Simonsen]

ᚺᛃᚨᛚᛗᚨᚱ ᚾᛁᚴᛟᛚᚨᛋᛋᛟᚾ Thank you, and I like your runic font!

[@johannakatariina]

Sounds really nice 😊 I'm from Finland and I understand few words similar to Swedish!

[@Karimi1994-c5y]

Your language is gorgeous ♥️😽

[@HouseJawn]

I love hearing you speak in your language, so relaxing

[@glengrayban3004]

Your ancestors made a lot of sacrifices and hard decisions to get your family to where they are. It’s not luck. You still face challenges and rise above them. Don’t feel guilty or let others make you feel privileged. It is good to be kind and humble though. Just my opinion from what I am hearing.

[@ramkomusique]

Great video, hope your thesis went well! Recently finished mine and my degree also :) While I can't answer what immigration to Iceland is like either, I listen occasionally to this podcast called "All Things Iceland" by Jewells, who moved to Iceland about 5 years ago now. Her podcast is nice and she interviews Icelanders and non-Icelanders from all walks of life

[@isaacvaldez6757]

Your Beautiful, been to Europe but never Iceland. It quickly was add to my list after watching some of your Iceland videos.

[@GaellDragons]

Thank you so much for making more videos in Icelandic ! I've been trying to learn Icelandic for a few months and I find that listening to the language being spoken is the best way to memorise words and get used to the accent. The subtitles in English help a lot, but I think subtitles in Icelandic as well would be even better for people who really want to learn the language. (Though adding more subtitles would be very time consuming for you, I assume. ^^" ) Anyway, thank you for your videos, I hope you have a great day, and good luck finishing that thesis! ^^

[@MollyMalone1983]

Why would someone want to watch you speak Icelandic for 13 minutes, you ask? I can only speak for myself, but I love learning (about) different languages I don't speak (yet), and Icelandic really sounds... hm elvish? And I really like listening to you speaking Icelandic. Furthermore, as you kindly provided subtitles, I could learn a lot about you as a person, and I enjoyed that a lot. You seem like a very gentle, positive, likeable person. Please do more videos like this!

[@ItsMilgurt]

It's nice to finally know of someone who gets as annoyed at people not paying attention as I do lol. & you're spot on about the book thing, I can't always go do something fun or go see a beautiful place but I can I read about doing those things & it's like I'm there 💓

[@Hispandinavian]

My hands are full with Swedish, but I love hearing Icelandic being spoken. I have an Icelandic flag in my collection. A year ago I made a video showing it.

[@raybenedictcabanes1173]

I'm half Faroese half Spanish, my first language is Spanish and I also speak Faroese and English with my relatives whenever I'm in Faroe Islands. Hearing Icelandic is sound so similar to Faroese even if I don't use subtitles I still can understand it.

[@JesusGonzalez-ii5pt]

I'm going to start to learn icelandic this summer, and when I have a decent level (in three or four years I hope) I'll come back here and practice.

[@dernathan3486]

Good luck, bro i was studying iceland but i gave up lol

[@Squimple]

Islensku is beautiful, thanks for doing this! What is your perception of the situation of Islandic at the moment? I'm hearing that a lot of young people are using English much more now?

[@francescagatti8307]

You thesis seems so interesting! Best of luck with it!

[@tkrocks7710]

I love the Icelandic language (I am self-studying Icelandic at the moment) and really like it when you can make this kind of video in Icelandic only. I would greatly appreciate it if you can also make a subtitle in Icelandic so I can follow the words you are speaking. Thanks!

[@Cristian-Akuma]

Wow very interesting, also, I remember that BBC has some "modern" representations of Canterbury tales, in case you are interested and maybe it could be of help to your thesis, I remember I added some weird youtube videos to mine haha. Thanks for the vids.

[@jeffreygerfen2784]

That was a very good. Glad I had subtitles. Is the language hard to learn? Was it easier for you to learn English as opposed to any other language you speak? You are a very intelligent and well-spoken young lady. Glad to have found you on KZbin.

[@bigtonka82]

I have to confess that I had to turn on the subtitles lol, and I hope this doesn't sound too weird but Icelandic sounds beautiful. One of my favourite things to do when I need to escape is reading a good book, you can read a book a hundred times and you'll always find something different that you didn't notice before.

[@richardnagele5877]

I always comment before i watch couse i know its gonna be awesome!!

[@gudnyasa]

Im from Iceland and for those who have a hard time understanding this language just saying its easy to speak it

[@nightingale_raven494]

I'm in Iceland now, we're horseback riding tomorrow 😊 I've enjoyed the videos you made for getting ready to travel here! 💜

[@bibleverses5908]

Hrafna, respect from Georgia ❤️❤️❤️

[@someofthemcallthemselvesce8756]

GAMARJOBA!

[@bibleverses5908]

@@someofthemcallthemselvesce8756 gagimarjos :D

[@brendamoody4829]

When you speak Icelandic, I hear German, Spanish, Italian and Swedish. Maybe it is because of all the different countries that landed there to make their own original language!! 😀

[@jantelogin9754]

love hearing you speak Icelandic 🇮🇸

[@nyonyopraia]

I understood the word 'video', 'market', and 'okay' in Icelandic 😊

[@FacchiniBRTV]

As a norwegian that moved to brazil when I was 8 years old, Islandsk sounds like a a mix of norsk with danish. I can't even explain, but I can understand the context for some reason. About being a immigrant it's the same as in norway for the people who asked. No fluent native language and forget about any kind of jobs except restaurant jobs. All the nordics speak english but every workplace will prioritize who speaks the native language because all meetings will not be in english.

[@UltraVioletgr]

I don't understand what you talk about.. but Listening to you in Icelandic, is really soothing.. i fell asleep for a brief moment..

[@giannihenk]

I have immigrated to Iceland since january, the hardest part was leaving my dog at home (he is my everything) but couldn’t let him stay in quarentine for a month so he is now with my parents. Once you are in iceland ask your colleagues to talk in icelandic and not in english except when you don’t understand. This will help you learn the language faster! For all the weather questions: always be prepared that’s my advice. It might look like it is ok now but in one hour the wearher can change drasticly. Food can be expensive if you want to eat like you would normally in your own country. Eat atlot of icelandic prodused food (mainly sheep and cow) and it will be a lot cheaper because iceland is expansive. If you want to know about the aurora borealis download the app called: My aurora forcast & alert. It will send notification if it is visable at your location and you can track whenever it will come, super handy app. And just enjoy thats my number 1 tip since it can be very hard. For me i moved to a farm so i cant really go anywhere nesrest town is like 30 min drive away but i don’t have a car here yet. Hou will get homesick but you have to get over it.

[@giannihenk]

Because i am not gonna lie it is hard. I have cried many times because i don’t have any friends here and i don’t meet many people here since i am on a farm and sometimes i wish i was back home but i just need to remember why I came here in the first place

[@janischofield1654]

I decided to learn Icelandic 2 years ago and it’s such a fun and interesting experience

[@karolinadesu7224]

Röddin þín er rosa mjúk og falleg :)! Haltu áfram að vera frábær Hrafna !!❤

[@trihnityx1075]

I just started learning Icelandic today. Ive only started with the alphabet and phonemics. But...I have to have one hour of exposure even if I dont understand. And I chose your videos to just listen to for an hour a day!

[@CyrodiilicKhajiit]

How's it going?

[@DarkDewKnightkfc]

As an Icelander, it felt like we were taking to each other 😂

[@ivantheblazingchariot2517]

Hearing you makes me want to learn icelandic. And yea i do agree about the internet being judgemental. It is. Haha

[@dustinfulks8166]

Such a beautiful language. What’s the most trusted method to learn Icelandic?

[@stoneghost2936]

Just hope that duolingo does an Icelandic course soon

[@heathernelson5742]

Duolingo doesn't have Icelandic, try Drops

[@saoirsesigurardottir5105]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video in Icelandic! I adore you. I just love when you can do what you love, and be your most natural self. I love the authenticity that comes with it. ❤️ Please keep making content you enjoy, we will be here for your content always!

[@theblitz4481]

This is the first time I see someone who's first name is Irish and family name is Icelandic

[@livenyheter5950]

Some words are almost similar to swedish :D

[@jaystratton4281]

Takk. Eg skil lite islensku bara men video thin hjelpa mig mikith! gera thessa aftur!!