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Sarah Karoline "Geturðú vaðið yfir ána".
It's taken from a beginner's language book. It's supposed to be "useful" to tourists in this country...
It's taken from a beginner's language book. It's supposed to be "useful" to tourists in this country...
Arief Wibowo Yay, Icelandic! (not that I know much word in this, I just love Iceland Eurovision entries)
Billy James Brightraven Maleen Schlüter, ahh. We have "kika" in Swedish ( /ˈɕiːˌka/) which means "to look". That's what I was thinking about. xD
Billy James Brightraven Icelandic: Can you walk over the stream/river?
or well, wade? vaðið should be that.
edit: vaðið, not wa–. Silly me.
or well, wade? vaðið should be that.
edit: vaðið, not wa–. Silly me.
Sarah Karoline Billy James Brightraven: You win on that one! It's "can you wade across the river?"
"Vaðið" according to my book and dictionary.
How about the non-Icelandic dialectal phrase in part 2? Talarðú íslensku?
Arief Wibowo: Yes, "yfir" is "over".
"Vaðið" according to my book and dictionary.
How about the non-Icelandic dialectal phrase in part 2? Talarðú íslensku?
Arief Wibowo: Yes, "yfir" is "over".
Sarah Karoline I've done so much editing today! I'm typing too fast!
Arief Wibowo: It's an English dialect!
Arief Wibowo: It's an English dialect!
Billy James Brightraven Nah, but I speak Swedish, have read a bit of Norwegian, Danish, Old Swedish, Old English and when I was younger I had this thing for trying to brute-force read Old Norse stories (I sometimes still do, looking up lyrics to some stuff… 
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I'd like to be able to speak Icelandic though
Ay = I
up = up?
mee = my?
duk = well, obviously not duck, right? xD
)I'd like to be able to speak Icelandic though
Ay = I
up = up?
mee = my?
duk = well, obviously not duck, right? xD
Sarah Karoline Billy: We've studied similar languages. I did an Old- and Modern Icelandic translation course.
Sarah Karoline Arief: "Ay" can mean "I" in regional dialects/accents, but not in this case! "Duk" is "duck".
All of you: I think I should perhaps remove this dialectal phrase as it doesn't have a literal "translation" unlike Maleen's Berlinisch- phrase...
Would you like to continue your search to work it out? If so, here's a clue: it's a type of greeting...
"Duk" is "duck". All of you: I think I should perhaps remove this dialectal phrase as it doesn't have a literal "translation" unlike Maleen's Berlinisch- phrase...
Would you like to continue your search to work it out? If so, here's a clue: it's a type of greeting...
Billy James Brightraven I think it's ok Sarah, we've had idioms that don't have any literal make-sense translation to most people 
so yeah, at least we can try to translate it literally 
so yeah, at least we can try to translate it literally Sarah Karoline Our master of Icelandic and masters of English dialect!
It's a Leicestershire/Staffordshire/Derbyshire dialect. It means "hey, how are you?!
It's a Leicestershire/Staffordshire/Derbyshire dialect. It means "hey, how are you?!
Sarah Karoline "Duck" is a term of endearment used with friends, acquaintances, people we don't know.
I'm not from this region, so the first time I heard it, I looked at the person with a puzzled expression. I was with a Danish friend at the time who responded to the man with "quack quack".
I'm not from this region, so the first time I heard it, I looked at the person with a puzzled expression. I was with a Danish friend at the time who responded to the man with "quack quack".
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