{"id":5694,"date":"2018-02-28T22:20:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T22:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2018-04-08T15:52:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T15:52:26","slug":"expressing-the-five-senses-in-icelandic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/2018\/02\/28\/expressing-the-five-senses-in-icelandic\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressing the Five Senses In Icelandic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Icelandic, the &#8220;five senses&#8221; are called &#8220;skilningarvitin fimm,&#8221; which is, lovely enough, &#8220;the understanding\/perception senses&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The five senses are unchanged in Icelandic (although one might argue that the natives have a flair for seeing those pesky elves we talked about). They are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Sj\u00f3nskyn &#8211; <\/strong>Sight<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heyrnarskyn &#8211; <\/strong>Hearing, auditory<\/li>\n<li><strong>Snertiskyn &#8211; <\/strong>Touch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Efnaskyn &#8211;<\/strong> Sense of smell and the sense of taste (&#8220;the chemical senses&#8221;)\n<ol>\n<li><em>Brag\u00f0skyn<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Lyktarskyn<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With these sense you can:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>A\u00f0 sj\u00e1 &#8211; to see<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>A\u00f0 horfa \u00e1 &#8211;<\/em> to watch<\/p>\n<p><em>a\u00f0 stara \u00e1<\/em> &#8211; to stare at<\/p>\n<p><em>a\u00f0 l\u00edta \u00e1 &#8211;<\/em> look at<\/p>\n<p><em>a\u00f0 blikka<\/em> &#8211; to blink<\/p>\n<p><em>a\u00f0 l\u00edta einhvern (accusative) hornauga<\/em> &#8211; look askance at something<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">A\u00f0 heyra &#8211; to hear<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>a\u00f0 hlusta [\u00e1 eitthva\u00f0 (accusative)] &#8211;<\/em> to listen [to somebody]<\/p>\n<p><em>h\u00e1r &#8211;<\/em> loud<\/p>\n<p><em>l\u00e1gv\u00e6r<\/em> -soft<\/p>\n<p><em>hlj\u00f3\u00f0 &#8211;<\/em> NOUN &#8211; noise\/sound and quiet &#8211; this is a peculiar word because it can mean either sound or quiet depending on the context.<\/p>\n<p><em>h\u00e1va\u00f0i<\/em> &#8211; noise (noisiness)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>A\u00f0 snerta &#8211; to touch <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This one is fairly straightforward, though often used with the preposition &#8216;\u00e1&#8217;. As you see below, one most often uses \u00e1 when touching an object rather than a person.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; a\u00f0 snerta \u00e1 einhverju (dative) is to touch something.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;a\u00f0 snerta einhvern is to touch somebody)<\/p>\n<p>a\u00f0 \u00fereifa \u00e1 e-u &#8211; to touch something<\/p>\n<p>mj\u00fakur &#8211; soft<\/p>\n<p>hj\u00fafur &#8211; rough<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>A\u00f0 finna brag\u00f0 af &#8211; to taste of something<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This one is a bit strange because taste is expressed indirectly. So one doesn\u00b4t &#8220;taste&#8221; something so much as one finds\/perceives a type of taste .<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00deeir <em>finni<\/em> beiskt og vont <em>brag\u00f0 af<\/em> g\u00farkum<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00c9g finn ekkert <em>brag\u00f0 af<\/em> matnum.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f0 brag\u00f0ast &#8211; something tastes of (e.g., mj\u00f3lkur brag\u00f0ast s\u00far &#8211; the milk tastes sour)<\/p>\n<p>S\u00far &#8211; sour<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e6tur &#8211; sweet<\/p>\n<p>Beiskur- bitter<\/p>\n<p>Saltur &#8211; salty<\/p>\n<p><em>Hvernig smakkast \u00feetta?<\/em> &#8211; How does that taste?<\/p>\n<p><em>Smakkar!<\/em> &#8211; it\u00b4s good!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>A\u00f0 finna lykt af e-u, a\u00f0 \u00feefa af e-u &#8211; to smell something<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00c9g finn stanslaust lykt af salti! &#8211; I keep tasting salt!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Hann finnur lykt af bl\u00f3\u00f0i &#8211; He tasted blood.<\/p>\n<p><em>Einhverju (dative) lyktar vel\/illa<\/em> &#8211; something smells good-bad<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Bl\u00f3mi\u00f0 lyktar vel. &#8211; The flower smells good.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lykt<\/em> &#8211; F &#8211; smell<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00d3lykt &#8211;<\/em> F &#8211; stench, odor<\/p>\n<p><em>Angan &#8211;<\/em> F &#8211; pleasant smell<\/p>\n<p><em>Ilmur &#8211;<\/em> M &#8211; aroma<br \/>\n<em>&#8211;ilmvatn<\/em> -N &#8211; perfume<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00deefur &#8211;<\/em> M &#8211; scent<\/p>\n<p><em>Daunn<\/em> &#8211; M &#8211; stench<\/p>\n<p><em>St\u00e6kja &#8211;<\/em> F &#8211; a powerful, unpleasant odor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1346px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/41\/Jacques_Linard_-_The_Five_Senses_and_the_Four_Elements_-_WGA13049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1336\" height=\"900\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacques Linard &#8211; The Five Senses and the Four Elements &#8212; Work in the public domain: PD-old-100 <\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/02\/Jacques_Linard_-_The_Five_Senses_and_the_Four_Elements_-_WGA13049-350x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/02\/Jacques_Linard_-_The_Five_Senses_and_the_Four_Elements_-_WGA13049-350x236.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/02\/Jacques_Linard_-_The_Five_Senses_and_the_Four_Elements_-_WGA13049-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/02\/Jacques_Linard_-_The_Five_Senses_and_the_Four_Elements_-_WGA13049-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/02\/Jacques_Linard_-_The_Five_Senses_and_the_Four_Elements_-_WGA13049.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>In Icelandic, the &#8220;five senses&#8221; are called &#8220;skilningarvitin fimm,&#8221; which is, lovely enough, &#8220;the understanding\/perception senses&#8221;. &nbsp; The five senses are unchanged in Icelandic (although one might argue that the natives have a flair for seeing those pesky elves we talked about). They are: Sj\u00f3nskyn &#8211; Sight Heyrnarskyn &#8211; Hearing, auditory Snertiskyn &#8211; Touch Efnaskyn&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/2018\/02\/28\/expressing-the-five-senses-in-icelandic\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":5697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[91175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5694","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-icelandic-grammar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5694"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5736,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694\/revisions\/5736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/icelandic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}