{"id":5092,"date":"2016-07-21T18:37:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2016-07-22T08:09:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T08:09:34","slug":"gotta-catch-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/2016\/07\/21\/gotta-catch-them-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotta catch them all!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I caught it! I caught it!” screamed a boy of maybe 10 year old outside my workplace today. I quickly stuck my head out of the door to congratulate him because his joy was just too sincere to ignore. We had a quick chat about his catch and then he went on his way to catch more, you guessed it, Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n

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Go Pokeball! by Shannon at Flickr.<\/p><\/div>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Go has really taken over Iceland, in fact it did so long before it was even released here. Come to think of it this country is about as perfect\u00a0for Pok\u00e9mon hunting as possible. Iceland is a very safe and pleasant country to aimlessly walk around at any time of day (as long as the weather’s good), and where else will you find ideal locations for various, nearly opposite Pok\u00e9mon types sitting right next to each other? The nature here can offer fire, ice, water, rock and grass -typical finding spots within a\u00a0small-ish area.\u00a0Even if you don’t venture outside of the cities Reykjav\u00edk downtown seems tightly packed with Pok\u00e9stops, which just might be related to the fact that downtown Reykjav\u00edk is full of art of various kinds, statues, landmarks and houses decorated with colourful graffiti\u00a0murals.<\/p>\n

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Pokemon Go by Darren Mark Domirez at Flickr.<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course it’s not only children that are playing it, Icelanders generally believe that any fun game is and should be available to everyone. People\u00a0are walking around with their heads bowed down and occasionally do react with just as much loud, sincere happiness as the boy outside our shop did. The game’s wonderful side effect is that you get a lot of exercise while at it, as I recall a friend of mine mentioned she accidentally walked over 10km when she first began playing the game… and of course it’s a wonderful way of sightseeing if you’re a tourist. You’d never find as many of Reykjav\u00edk’s hidden little wonders as you do while walking around with this game practically guiding you to them.<\/p>\n

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2016-07-09 Poke\u0301mon hunting in the city by Robert Couse-Baker at Flickr.<\/p><\/div>\n

So as this week’s become a complete Pok\u00e9mon week here in Iceland I thought it a perfect time to learn to sing the opening tune in Icelandic – always a fun way of learning both language and pronunciation!<\/p>\n

\u00c9g vonast til a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a s\u00e1<\/em>
\nBesti \u00ed heimi h\u00e9r<\/em>
\nA\u00f0 l\u00e6ra, a\u00f0 fanga og \u00fej\u00e1lfa \u00fe\u00e1<\/em>
\nMitt \u00e6\u00f0sta takmark er<\/em><\/p>\n

(I wish to become the \/ Best in the world \/ To learn, to catch and to\u00a0train \/ is my highest goal)<\/p>\n

\u00c9g fer\u00f0ast yfir fj\u00f6llin h\u00e1<\/em>
\nLeita h\u00e1tt og l\u00e1gt<\/em>
\nMig dreymir um a\u00f0 \u00feekkja \u00fe\u00e1<\/em>
\nOg \u00feeirra t\u00f6fram\u00e1tt<\/em><\/p>\n

(I travel over tall mountains \/ seek high and low \/ I dream of knowing them \/ and their magic power)<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon, \u00fearf a\u00f0 fanga \u00fe\u00e1<\/em>
\n\u00de\u00fa og \u00e9g<\/em>
\nS\u00fa vin\u00e1tta er \u00f3dau\u00f0leg<\/em>
\nPok\u00e9mon!<\/em>
\n\u00d3, \u00e9g er vinur \u00feinn<\/em>
\nOkkar \u00fearfnast heimurinn*<\/em><\/p>\n

(Pok\u00e9mon, need to catch them \/ you and I \/ such\u00a0friendship is eternal \/ Pok\u00e9mon! \/ Oh, I’m your friend \/ the world needs us)<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon, \u00fearf a\u00f0 fanga \u00fe\u00e1<\/em>
\nVi\u00f0 vinir<\/em>
\nVi\u00f0 leggjum hvor \u00f6\u00f0rum vi\u00f0**<\/em>
\n\u00de\u00fa kennir m\u00e9r, \u00e9g kenni \u00fe\u00e9r<\/em>
\nPo-k\u00e9-mon!<\/em>
\n\u00dearf a\u00f0 fanga \u00fe\u00e1<\/em>
\n\u00dearf a\u00f0 fanga \u00fe\u00e1!<\/em>
\nPok\u00e9mon!<\/em><\/p>\n

(Pok\u00e9mon, need to catch them \/ with friends \/ we’ll help each other out \/ you teach me, I teach you \/ Pok\u00e9mon! \/ Need to catch them! \/ Need to catch them! \/ Pok\u00e9mon!)<\/p>\n

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WILD PIKACHU APPEARS by Sadie Hernandez at Flickr.<\/p><\/div>\n

*Okkar \u00fearfnast heimurinn<\/em> sounds a bit weird, but that’s because at some point poetry happened and messed up the word order! \ud83d\ude00 The sentence in basic form would be Heimurinn \u00fearfnast okkar<\/em> instead.<\/p>\n

**Leggja<\/em> is one of those verbs that have a billion different meanings all depending on prepositions added. This might be a good idea for a whole post, but here it just means supporting each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

“I caught it! I caught it!” screamed a boy of maybe 10 year old outside my workplace today. I quickly stuck my head out of the door to congratulate him because his joy was just too sincere to ignore. We had a quick chat about his catch and then he went on his way to…<\/p>\n

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