Archive for February, 2012
Holidays Posted by sequoia on Feb 22, 2012
I have so many things to write about that I didn’t know what to pick, but how about learning about Iceland’s current three-day holiday streak? The first day is Bun Day (Bolludagur), the next is Sprengidagur (Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras), and then today’s day is Ash Day (Öskudagur). On Bun Day, something that has been going…
Basic guide for studying Icelandic Posted by sequoia on Feb 10, 2012
I’m first going to talk about how I did things, which was almost all an entire mistake. Then I’ll give you my basic recommendations. In the very beginning I downloaded an Icelandic news podcast to listen to every day. The problem with doing this is that you listen to the radio… and you can understand…
Icelandic names Posted by sequoia on Feb 1, 2012
For today and tomorrow (February first and second), voting is going on for the University of Iceland’s student council. I didn’t vote but I took some screenshots because I thought it’s a good way to teach something about Icelandic names. “Kjósa í kosingum til Stúdentaráðs og Háskólaráðs 2012” “Elections for Student Council and University council…