My ICELANDIC parents try to speak ENGLISH

[@marialeigh3290]

Hrafna's mom have a contagious laugh, can't help but to laugh too everytime she laughs😂✋

[@fayruzgreat]

Actually hrafna's laugh more interest me XD

[@enverkudic8504]

Also, a beautiful smile.

[@NicholasTheThorn]

maria leigh I second that comment!

[@LOY60p]

I wrote the same comment and didn't realise till now😂

[@jerrykitich3318]

She is lovely. They all are.

[@blatinobear]

Icelandic looks so intimidating with the infinite letters, yet they make English seem harder. Such a fun video.

[@kevinb2469]

Two of the goofier look letters for the rest of us, the pb mix and the d with a cross thing,(thorn and eth) are actually more or less the two pronunciations of th in English. I don’t speak Icelandic at all, but the chaos is a bit less when I can think that I just need to pick th pronunciations for those two. In another timeline English might’ve kept those two letters instead of turning into th.

[@senbonzakurakageyoshi662]

@@kevinb2469They were kept in old English but disappeared when middle English get rid of the old Germanic letters to make some words feel more latin.

[@saapasjalkasaukko4624]

it took me a minute to realize I don't understand Icelandic and put on subtitles 🌚

[@eluemina2366]

How do I put subtitles on?

[@simonlow0210]

@@eluemina2366 Turn on CC (Closed Caption)

[@TravelCoupleNYC]

lmao same here i was like mmm no wonder i coudnt understand xD

[@pdraggy]

wow I watch 80% of the video with no idea CC would translate the words too lol thanks for mentioning that!

[@SamM-lv8hr]

Listening to them puts my swedish brain into hyperdrive, and I still don't understand them, because obviously

[@psychobartus]

Just to confuse things further Lieutenant is pronounced "lef-tenant" in England

[@KarmasAB123]

"Lieutenant" is actually French for "left-tenant," as in, "person in charge when the captain has left."

[@crappyaccount]

As an American, I'm triggered

[@M_SC]

and canada and australia and new zealand

[@M_SC]

@@KarmasAB123 not exactly. Lieu: place, and tenant means holder

[@hollylolly2413]

Wait I’m in England and I’ve never heard it pronounced that way lol

[@arnau6712]

Create Icelandic Duolingo please

[@sailorsenshi4504]

please

[@meganaxelia]

Meanwhile I want to learn Luxembourgish

[@arnau6712]

@@meganaxelia You looks Icelandic

[@meganaxelia]

ᾎЯͶÅU βØЯЯἜLL Probably because I am😊😂

[@sailorsenshi4504]

Megan Axelía Carrington-Ráðvarðardóttir That would be awesome.

[@Docas633]

actually guessing claustrophobia as the fear of convents/monasteries is a pretty damn good guess. claustro comes from claustrum which means enclosure or closed space. but it is also the origin of the word cloister (or claustro in some latin languages) which is the center of the monastery, "portion of monastery closed off to laity". if your father knew this, then it was a very literate and informed guess!

[@echobase6372]

Awesome bit of knowledge!

[@yaznaz5340]

In Icelandic Monastery is “klauster” so that’s probably how he figured. In norwegian/danish it’s kloster and dutch klooster

[@Docas633]

@@yaznaz5340 makes perfect sense! those words themselves come from latin in their deepest origin

[@apoema42]

I was about to comment that. You could guess the meaning of most of the words with knowledge of the latin origins and I was suprise that they didn't. I goes to show how little latin influence there is in icelandic I guess.

[@lookone80]

@@apoema42 latin AND Greek

[@KenPowers-i1z]

I love how the Icelandic word for "successful" is literally "well-happened"

[@DissectingThoughts]

In Faroese it's well-lucked. (Væleydnað)

[@b43xoit]

It would probably be something like that in English, too, if it weren't for that little kerfluffle of 1066.

[@Eumanel12]

Germanic languages, you know, they always mix literal words to make up others lol

[@mfra959]

Vel heppnað v Well Happed Very similar 😂😂

[@anna-wt2tz]

I love when words are so literal in other languages, especially German

[@wtpolzin9987]

The Icelandic language is beyond beautiful. 🤍

[@Lucyb2000]

Your parents are the sweetest!

[@Hrafna]

❤️🥺

[@dennisagbayani3327]

YES, THEY MOST CERTAINLY ARE!

[@HYDN150]

"Move over, I'm claustrophobic." "What does that mean?" "It means he's afraid of monasteries!" *Patrick starts chanting in Latin.* "STOP IT, PATRICK. YOU'RE SCARING HIM!"

[@Mikegivesnofucks]

I fucking died bro💀😭😭

[@catherinefarrell498]

This is so wholesome I love it

[@jasonreynolds7444]

This is probably the most wholesome thing I watched this week and I loved it. Hope your parents know they successfully fascinated people on KZbin with their phenomenal performance 🙌

[@LOY60p]

Your mom has a contagious laugh I can't stop laughing when she laughs I love your parents so much😂

[@joswellrojas7132]

every time your mother laughed it was impossible for me not to laugh 😂😂😂

[@eluemina2366]

I have never been this early. You and your parents are beautiful. Such a sweet family. 😍 This is how it should be. Keep being your happy selves and thank you for making me smile today. Blessed be. PS: I love your mother's laugh. Both your parents seem so kind and innocent. 🥰 Shoo shoo fool, lol!

[@Hrafna]

❤️❤️❤️

[@fangirl97el]

Oh my gosh they are so adorable! I was smiling the whole time! I have such a fascination with languages so it was so interesting to hear Icelandic, I don’t think I’ve ever heard that language spoken it sounds so cool!

[@atomiclad4049]

Hello Hrafna's parents! Edit: this is so wholesome.

[@Marie-rt1ls]

Yes. It was very sweet. ❤

[@hannadfa]

Ok this

[@jellybjegzhel]

Really like how you pronounce "Yes" in your language. It sounds like "meow" to me. So adorable!

[@Icelandicdrawings]

Já is the Icelandic word for yes, and is pronounced like meow I guess without the M, it's kind of hard to explain, but try to remove the M

[@francescofinucci]

the only thing I could understand from the conversation, yet so fascinated by Icelandic. They're very chilled, too, so they participate in making the atmosphere relaxing.

[@joecaccamise5926]

Love your parents! As we say in the U.S. they are "good sports" for participating. You gave them hard words. 😂

[@jeffpro8]

Yes she gave some of them hardest words to say 😂😂

[@livedandletdie]

@@jeffpro8 Easy words... Though if she gave you Icelandic words such as Fjalla, or Hrafn, you'd have problem saying them too. Although as someone who rarely speaks anything other than English despite being a non-native speaker, I know of a few words in my native tongue that most people that are native speakers would have trouble saying, I mean in my "native" tongue Swedish, kustskt is a fucking hard word that most people can't say, it's the word for coast, kust, plus the suffix for being like in the nominative neuter -skt. So it's like pertaining to the coast, translated to English roughly, This food is so like West coast. Shitty sentence I know but it would be Den här maten är så västkustskt. Den Här(lit. This here) maten(the food) är(is/are) så(so) väst(west) kustskt(coast-like). And even Pewdiepie would have trouble saying that word. It's my favourite Swedish word, because of it's cheer difficulty and it's a tongue twister in itself.

[@gammalute4332]

I love how you've given them so many words that come from French, and also some from Greek! HA!

[@briaryos1]

Yes. I found myself apologizing to them for the Norman conquest.

[@Mielikki1]

I love how they struggle, but then your dad just says to come to Iceland in perfect English :) Such a cute video

[@MrNicopa]

Come to Iceland is probably the same in Icelandic. It is in Norwegian I think.

[@Mielikki1]

@@MrNicopa Google translate says it's 'komdu til íslands' :)

[@Neophema]

@@Mielikki1 That's almost the same. Kom til Island in Norwegian. Du just means you. Comeyou to Iceland!

[@GUITARTIME2024]

most of them speak decent english there.

[@Amadeus8484]

Mom: "Is Claustrophobia diarrhea?" Hrafna: "No." Me: "If you are REALLY unlucky..."

[@Alby_Torino]

LOL

[@matthewbarefield2409]

😂

[@babschampagne8377]

Your parents are adorable :)

[@kme3894]

I just started learning Icelandic, I love the sound of your language! Your parents were such great sports, very sweet :)

[@ErikGsson]

Interesting! It feels like their generation didnt have a use for english where they live, Im swedish and my dad and mom has to talk english many times plus 90% of movies is in english

[@farkasabel]

In Hungary most movies are dubbed like at germans.

[@emiliaholmberg3320]

Jag tror också att i och med att Island länge varit isolerade från omvärlden så tror jag att engelskan inte tog fart där i samma utsträckning som i övriga europa förens internet kom till Island och man fick mer tillgång till filmer och serier på engelska samt youtubers som pratar engelska, vilket har lett till att den yngre generationen pratar bättre och mer engelska än sina föräldrar

[@Hrafna]

My dad actually has to speak English quite a lot at work but these words were just a bit tricky hah! He’s actually ok at English however my mom is not used to speaking English and always has subtitles when she’s watching movies/tv shows 🥰 might have to do a part 2 with a bit easier words haha!

[@suokkos]

There is many different ways to speak English depending on your native language. This sounded quite similar to Rally English.

[@Quzga]

I'm Swedish and my mother who is almost 60 is quite good at English thanks to movies and tv. She always told me how her English education was very poor and I feel like when I was very young her English was not good enough to converse in. Now years of watching tv, film and using internet she can speak to people in English :D She still uses Swedish subtitles on everything though.

[@didyoustealmyfood8729]

whenever your mom laughs I also laugh...she has a contagious laugh. love from india !!

[@AnaranjadoGuitar]

Damn Hrafna is a savage 😂 she didn’t give hints or nothing on some of those tougher words (pnominiononmonom) 😂😂 can’t wait for part II!

[@wildeasage]

They’re like the sweetest people in the world! Great sense of humor. And they totally speak English at the end! Tell ‘em “well done”.

[@zoemovelle78]

I loved this 😂 you should do it in reverse now “English subscriber tried to pronounce Icelandic words” 🤣

[@aqacefan]

It's very apparent you're laughing with your parents and not at them. Please thank them for being so gracious.

[@lucasnaudin2554]

what is super interesting is that some words like claustrophobia, nauseous, or immediately are similar in lots of languages, but Icelandic is soo apart from these, that’s why I love Icelandic so much. Your parents are so fun to watch!

[@michaelgreico9630]

A lot of these words have Greek or Latin roots, but Icelandic is a Germanic language. It is actually very similar to Old English

[@misterkami2]

I was wondering what prompted your dad to think of fear of monasteries. In Dutch a monastery is klooster, so you could derive a kloosterphobia idea from that. What is the Icelandic word for monastery?

[@vanessahutcheson9510]

@@misterkami2 It's funny; they have the same root. In English, "claustrophobia" and "cloister" (monastery) both come from the Latin "claustrum," meaning "enclosure". I would have given him partial credit.

[@Neophema]

Yep, none of those words are really English. All loanwords. Nauseous and immediately have their own Germanic words in all other Germanic languages, claustrophobia being the exception.

[@filiphaard4973]

Same for us in the north in swedish nausea is "må illa" or "mår illa" for being nauseous claustrophobic is quite similar though we say "klaustrofobi"

[@thetemplar8695]

Squirrel was always fun to say between Germans and Americans. They have a hard time with the double R’s and we have a hard time saying their word for squirrel. Your dad did very good! 👍 Thanks for sharing. Love listening to you all speak Icelandic. I speak German and some Danish and can hear some commonalities. So cool. 🤙

[@laurienmichiels734]

The way your mother pronounced lieutenant is EXACTLY how we pronounce it in Dutch!

[@moorddroomke]

She sounded like my grandma when she said it (I'm Flemish by the way)

[@HlewagastizHoltijaz]

And Swedish. It's called löjtnant.

[@Piemasterjelly]

Its even funnier that the British purposely mispronounce it because its French

[@ES-bw7oz]

I was thinking Icelandic sounds soo much like Dutch

[@celinamj2001]

Norwegian to, it's løytnant here. But then again i can pick up on most of the words because they are so similar

[@robertgilliam7668]

I really like your parents and they are really good sports. I am closer to their age than yours. I really enjoy your videos and never thought I would want to visit Iceland until now. It is truly a beautiful country.

[@kolendrazpolski309]

You have so much fun together 😄. That's really great to see ☺️

[@adityarajsingh5970]

They're so sweet. For someone who's mother tongue isn't English. They have really good command.

[@arnau6712]

Hrafna Can you do a rutine of your day or a tour of Reykjavik?

[@bunnyg1996g]

Yessss please a tour of rejkjavik!!!

[@sidynqa]

tour of Reykjavik or Hafnarfjordur is a good idea now, because its without tourists :) I suggested it to her in last video, but she didnt reply.

[@pommesdeterre8252]

I support!!!

[@jeffpro8]

Good idea for a video!

[@michaelgreico9630]

She did a day in her life video already

[@angel31941]

your mums laugh is so contagious and fun! I love it when people are like that. I really like to laugh this video was so fun to watch thank you!

[@xaemyl]

As a native English speaker, it's amazing videos like this that reminds me how absurd English is. :D

[@SchmulKrieger]

It's amazing videos like this ... ? Sound super odd, I just wanted to say this.

[@zirrnorseman8068]

@The505Guys It depends though. Is he saying that the video is amazing, or is he saying that his realization is amazing?🤔 we'll never know.

[@erichowell8089]

Haha! I love your parents. They have such a good sense of humor. Your dad was actually pretty close on a bunch of the pronunciations. Great video.

[@livingdeadgirl5663]

They are adorable. I love the Icelandic accent 🖤

[@chrisp8856]

This is what a well loved, healthy family looks like. Now I know why you do so well on your channel. You were raised with a tremendous amount of love and support from your parents. Great job Mom and Dad! 👍Oh yeah, almost forgot the super smart part too.

[@Saidan123]

Your Mother has a very Infectious laugh although wihtout the captions i wouldnt understand a word, but i was always laughing too :D

[@hasepsut011]

Your parents are adorable. Mom is so beautiful woman and she smiles from her heart. I really loved this video. You are a happy child to have such relaxed, honest and nice parents.

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

Your parents are such good sports and lots of fun!

love your mom's laugh! So infectious. we want to see more of them!

[@Quzga]

Interesting that immediately is strax in Icelandic. In Swedish strax means soon :D

[@MDCCLXXVI1990]

That cought my attention aswell! Pronunciation was exactly the same aswell :p

[@kimborensen6214]

In Dutch soon means straks which is just pronounced like strax

[@SchmulKrieger]

It is *stracks* in German and it can mean immediately, but it means directly, without any time delay.

[@misterkami2]

Schmul Krieger I’m Dutch and lived in Germany for a year; didn’t know about this and never heard the German stracks.. I guess that’s a good thing; that could have led to a lot of confusion

[@SchmulKrieger]

@@misterkami2 *Zieh dir stracks die Schuhe an* for example. It isn't used by a lot of young people. Elder ones will definitely know the word.

[@justdoit8779]

That was cool to watch . Your such a sweet daughter n seem to have the most wonderful loving parents . It's so nice to see !

[@rslinxs]

The way they looked at each other when they learned how to pronounce choir hahha loving these videos Hrafna! Can’t wait for the next one :D

[@adorainana]

So sweet of your parents ❤ 💕 💖 to laugh 😆 at themselves. Totally unprententious and sincere. (Love Mom's haircut.) Thank you

[@uyoon4581]

As a Dutch person who's trying to learn a bit of Icelandic, it was funny that the first word was lieutenant because your mother pronounced it the way Dutch people pronounce it 😂

[@ronaldcolemanii4501]

I can't help but laugh along with you and your family. It's cool that you all can have fun and learn at the same time. Much love and smiles to you and your family.

[@linajurgensen4698]

It makes me so happy seeing two genuinely happy parents!😊 you should be very grateful for having so awesome parents.❤️ My parents divorced when I was 6 years old. :(

[@dominikakonecna2518]

😘 heads up. Sometimes it is better for everyone if they divorce and try to get happy. I always wished mine did it 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ptypeglobal5865]

Your parents are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing them with us 🤗

[@MarikaMayer]

Your mom is soo cool! I couldn't hold my laugh when she was laughing haha. Great video, thanx!

[@37Mirokusama]

Thank you Hranfa for producing these videos. While listening to and repeating my grammar lessons for the second time I have been picking up your pronunciation of words and sounds (like the r's in við erum and gera það). I think it clicked for me now because I have been passively listening to your videos lately. So thank you for producing native Icelandic content for us to enjoy and to enrich ourselves with your culture.

[@jogsingumboots]

Your parents are great! I would love to go to Iceland.

[@jonathaneves5847]

Delightful! Love your mum and dad, both good sports, mums laugh is wonderful. They did rather well. ✌️🐝. 🎄

[@mabelwong5506]

Yayy haven't been this early before. So excited to watch this! :)

[@yanii511]

A beautiful video I really joined watching it, wishing happt days for you and your parents💜💜💜💜

[@zharazarine5549]

I love the "Butter" one 😂

[@forestplanemountain]

Well I think your Dad has the English pronunciation: when I first came to New York they couldn’t understand my RP British buTTer until eventually “Oh buddah!”

[@SchmulKrieger]

@@forestplanemountain agree. I speak the British and said BuTTeh. And they are always not understanding it. O.o

[@19SAL93]

I have been following you and watching your videos for so long that seeing your parents was so humbling and cute. I giggled whenever they laughed. I love their accent!

[@Hisordersshadow]

Yay I understood a few icelandic words And this is honestly me trying to speak icelandic

[@unefille5msp]

what languages do you speak?

[@electroskates2434]

Yes. Because I had the subtitles on 😂😂

[@katiebug8262]

Awww, thank you! I got the smiles :) You have such a cute family. Much love, girl!

[@hiimain7932]

Your mom's laughter is so genuine. ❤

[@antonnym214]

Delightful! This is my first time to see your channel and it's great! Your parents' English is better than my Icelandic. I would also imagine their Danish is better than mine, too. All good wishes!

[@DiggerWhoops]

That is sooooo sweet. Reminds me of my learning German!

[@jx6054]

You have incredible parents. This was a very enjoyable video. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@toddw14]

In all fairness, my parents would sound the same trying to pronounce Icelandic words.

[@vanessalischeski8030]

I liked this video so much! Your parents are so nice and fun and you mom is a really beautiful lady!

[@mpuig7406]

Everytime Hrafna's mum would laugh, I would too... but the kind of laugh my whole apartment would hear haha

[@Lea-is-sleeping]

You're parents seem lovely! And they did so well too! Me and my parents wouldn't know any of these words in Icelandic, my mum and dad might know some of them in French, but even that would be very difficult. Tell them they were so fun to watch!

[@LullaBinary]

I had so much fun watching this video 😊 It's amazing to see how hard it can be to be able to say any word in a language you're not used to. Would be fun to have a "reversed" video, english speaking people (or other tongue) trying to pronounce icelandic words and guess their meaning :)

[@loriefutrell8264]

Your parents are awesome!!Great sense of humor!I think they did pretty good too!

[@skrilltube7707]

I love Hrafna’s mom she is so cool and adorable and her laugh is amazing, it makes me laugh 😂💙

[@yDnaRraMAsoJ]

Love this!! My mom only speaks Spanish, she never learned English here in Costa Rica, but I learn English by myself thanks to her

[@electroskates2434]

My mum is similar, she is from Peru and speaks Spanish but when she moved here to England, she isn't that great at English. My parents raised me by my mum speaking Spanish to me but I learnt English from my dad even though he is Czech. So I'm fluent in English and Spanish 😆

[@chungawumba2637]

This video was hilarious, I can't imagine how bad I would be at pronouncing Icelandic words. Also, its rhythm with an h. You should totally do a part 2 though, this might be one of my favorite videos of yours.

[@kimberlymcfadden9010]

Your parents are good sports for making this video, I really enjoyed watching them and the way you communicate with each other.

[@gigul120g.d9]

me: *thinking about going to visit iceland* also me after seeing this: "i´m in danger"

[@scrotube]

No worries, nearly everyone I have encountered in my 3 trips to Iceland has spoken excellent English. Even in some very small towns, it hasn't been overly difficult to communicate.

[@gigul120g.d9]

@@scrotube you have been there 3 times mate? could you help me in a thing then?

[@nobody.8272]

no worries they all speak english every well and they kinda can tell if you are icelandic or not but some shops they will say words like "do you need a plastic bag or they say how much" but thats it but if you said "what? or looked confused they will repeat in english" however im learning iceladic so far Cx haha and when i was there i rarely used gps or maps i learned quickly :3

[@emmy6881]

I think she is getting her parents to pretend speak bad English

[@alexdalettuce9596]

Most people in Iceland speak English, I know cause I’m there at least once a year and there are some popular tourist spots and the people who work there probably has to know English to interact with the tourists so there’s nothing to worry about.

[@livesouthernable]

Your parents are the best! Your mom’s laugh is everything wonderful to me at this minute. Thanks for that. 😊

[@Kennikus]

This makes me feel so much better about when I started to learn Icelandic :-)

[@melodiesoflegend]

Good job mama and papa! So endearing and they did so well :D

[@mercedes4328]

I love hearing Icelandic! How did you learn English? Also, you chose difficult words

[@martinfrostnas6610]

In all Nordic countries it's taught in school from an early age, and it's taken damn well seriously; those without near-native proficiency are frequently dismissed by their countrymen as uneducated

[@maxinewalters]

wow you certainly made it hard for your parents! Those words are really difficult! But your mm and dad are such great sports about it. They laugh and play along. Good on them. What lovely, happy, fun people they are. :)

[@LeyenaZoey]

Mom: "Lieutenant" my brain: "Thats Dutch" my common sense: "no its not!" Confusion hit, and it was fun :D

[@livedandletdie]

Lieutenant is French though, and it's pretty much the same, I mean people speaking poorly.

[@LeyenaZoey]

@@livedandletdie Correct, but the same word in the Dutch language, and the way she said it sounded more Dutch style then French :D

[@mexicanreformist1522]

I hope you gave your parents a huge hug and gifts after putting them through this video. Also your mom has a great laugh.

[@Ecbb610]

I love your mums laugh😂🤣

[@malipodujevo2731]

She is so Sweetheart👏😊

[@cloyster1254]

OMG i just happen to cross along your channel to find icelandic tutorial videos, im glad i had watched your tutorial videos. You are more than a teacher! Much love to the videos you make! ❤️

[@RobertHeslop]

Aw, the video was so cute ^^ Your mum's laugh :3 In all fairness, I'm British and if I was trying to pronounce Icelandic words... O__o

[@peterhumphries7505]

This is SO funny in a very nice way! Thankyou to your parents for participating. One of the most enjoyable videos that I have ever seen on KZbin. I'm still smiling!

[@SuspiciousAsto]

Ikorni..... love it! Sounds a little like the swedish Ekorre!

[@walther007]

At 12:10, while you were finishing up, your mom said "interesting" but I agree with her. It was certainly interesting indeed. Hello and thank you from Massachusetts, USA.

[@randolpho-]

Your parents' face when you told her the correct way of pronouncing "choir."

[@seid3366]

Let’s Respell it to “Quaīër”

[@andriesgouws8543]

You have wonderful parents. I really enjoyed watching this video! It seems there is a lot of love. This is beautiful!!!!!

[@bloodmagiclord8253]

FYI it's "rhythm" not "rythm" :D

[@WhereWhatHuh]

The one thing on this planet that makes less sense than English pronunciation: English spelling.

[@theworldbreaker]

@@WhereWhatHuh Ikr??? So frickin' annoying...

[@MrTrilbe]

@@WhereWhatHuh oh you get invaded by five groups of people who speak different languages and see how quickly your language decides to give up and go get drunk

[@SkylersRants]

@@WhereWhatHuh Well, it's really Greek adapted to English . . .

[@WhereWhatHuh]

@@SkylersRants In THIS case, but then you've got your Keltoi, and your Danes, and your Angles, and your Saxons, and your Normans and your borrow words from freaking Maori (like Amok) ... And nobody could be nice, like the founders of Rome, and simply adopt a local language to make into your own... Am I right?

[@davemarks7322]

I loved the video. Your parents seem like very nice folks, the kind I would like to know.

[@ijustwannasleepforever]

9:06 lol your parents are amazing ❤️

[@ajkendro3413]

First time seeing one of your videos. It was awesome. Loved that you brought your parents in, they did great at pronouncing the words.

[@TheZurtu]

11:21 "Oh, siesta" Ha! that was easy to understand

[@katalinbalazs8671]

She actually said ,,Síðasta'' which means ,,the last one''

[@rohitmenon2268]

This was actually fun to watch, was good to see such nice togetherness, and Icelandic sounds incredible imo. Your videos are really interesting