Archive for December, 2017
Good, Better, Best: Comparing Things In Icelandic (Stigbreyting) Posted by Meg on Dec 27, 2017
Let’s kiss the trials and tribulations of 2017 goodbye by returning to grammar – specifically, adjectives, which are called lýsingarorð. The Icelandic term is somewhat more apparent than the English one; it contains the word for to describe, or perhaps even illuminate, within it (að lýsa), so it’s easy to remember. Today, specifically, I want…