Archive by Author
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…
Cooking and Seasoning Info Posted by sequoia on Jan 29, 2012
I’m from America, so I don’t know everything about how they cook in the rest of Europe (or anything about the rest of the world). My observations will be based off that. First, here is a list of seasoning terms (if you want any more, just let me know). However, half the time you’ll only…
Icelandic sample exams Posted by sequoia on Jan 25, 2012
This post is for the person who wanted to know about the exams for the Icelandic courses. Unfortunately this might be too late to help them, but hopefully it can help someone else. The first thing you need to know is that there are two different “Icelandic for foreigners” courses at the University of Iceland…
University of Iceland Posted by sequoia on Dec 3, 2011
I’ve been going to the University of Iceland for three semesters now, so here’s some stuff I’ve learned. Most people are fairly lax about rules in Iceland, whether it’s your employer, the government, or your teachers. For example, if you have a homework assignment due on Tuesday, you could turn it in next week and…
Websites in Icelandic Posted by sequoia on Nov 27, 2011
Hopefully this post is useful. If you don’t like posts where I just link things, tell me and I won’t make one like this again. Here’s a list of things that can be set to Icelandic, either through changing Firefox’s language settings in the preferences section or by your personal setting on the site itself…
Christmas photos Posted by sequoia on Nov 20, 2011
If you want me to talk about something specific, want more photos of this or that, or want to know some grammar, just comment and ask for it. Christmas is coming and Christmas-themed stuff started to show up a few weeks ago. I lost some photos that I had so you’re getting a mix of…