Archive for June, 2012
Want to climb a mountain? Posted by hulda on Jun 8, 2012
The best season for life outdoors (at least in my personal opinion) is finally here! Iceland, as mentioned many times before, is absolutely beautiful and the best way of experiencing this is by going out to see it yourself. Iceland is full of hiking routes that vary in accessibility, length and difficulty level so there’s something…
Misc. Gender Rules Posted by sequoia on Jun 5, 2012
Here are a few random notes about rules to do with genders. When writing to a mixed group, you can use a slash mark to alternate genders (similar to our “If your student wishes for a bought lunch, he/she can…”). Example: Mig langar til að biðja þig að vera svo góð/ur að svara eftirfarandi könnun…
Beautiful and dangerous. Posted by hulda on Jun 5, 2012
Elves in the Icelandic lore are quite different creatures from what people have come to think of after reading Tolkien. Depending on the tale they can be either a little too interested in humans, kidnapping people or trying to lure them to live in their homes, which are built in rocks and cliffs, or even…
Prefix and Suffix Meanings Posted by sequoia on Jun 2, 2012
Some affixes add a meaning to the word (such as the prefix ó) and some don’t. There are a few that you can easily look up the meaning of, but many of them don’t exist on their own in the dictionary so here I’m listing mostly ones that you can’t look up. All of these…