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RU Sirius Blueprint Haus Hydra Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.25 17:53:00 - [1] Edited by: RU Sirius on 25/04/2007 17:50:45 Here are a couple of decent online resources for learning Icelandic in preparation for visiting Reykjavik this November. After all it's only polite, on visiting another country, to learn at least a few word of their language, even if it's only how to say 'please' and 'thank you' and 'I'd love to join you in that pre-breakfast hotpot' or 'How much did you say that beer cost?' First site Second site Enjoy. It's not easy, though but I have plenty of time to practice.
ArtemisEntreri Art of War Cult of War	Posted - 2007.04.25 17:55:00 - [2] You'll never say a word we will understand
RedFall Irreligion	Posted - 2007.04.25 17:56:00 - [3] Here is a better Icelandish guide.
RU Sirius Blueprint Haus Hydra Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.25 18:01:00 - [4] Originally by: RedFall Here is a better Icelandish guide. That's ok but it doesn't tell you how to pronounce things or let you listen to what it sounds like. Nice list of phrases to learn, though and could be used with the other two websites. The first of my links is run by the university language school and follows very established ways of teaching a second language and seems excellent, it is free to register and work your way through the extensive exercises.
Winterblink Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2007.04.25 18:06:00 - [5] Originally by: RedFall Here is a better Icelandish guide. Didn't notice the disclaimer at the bottom of the article? :) "This article is a pile of crap. The article submitter may also have been huffing kittens." God I love Uncyclopedia. warp drive active \| nature vraie
RU Sirius Blueprint Haus Hydra Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.25 18:10:00 - [6] Edited by: RU Sirius on 25/04/2007 18:08:40 Originally by: Winterblink Originally by: RedFall Here is a better Icelandish guide. Didn't notice the disclaimer at the bottom of the article? :) "This article is a pile of crap. The article submitter may also have been huffing kittens." God I love Uncyclopedia. You know all i did was look at the phrases and nothing else, I thought it was a Wiki page, what a dope. If you read the upper part of the page it's actually pretty funny in a kind of racist way. Perhaps one of the Icelandic mods could provide translations of what the phrases actually say. Or maybe I'll be good enough to do that myself by November.
RedFall Irreligion	Posted - 2007.04.25 18:17:00 - [7] Originally by: Winterblink Originally by: RedFall Here is a better Icelandish guide. Didn't notice the disclaimer at the bottom of the article? :) "This article is a pile of crap. The article submitter may also have been huffing kittens." God I love Uncyclopedia. Yeah, huffing kittens can kill ya. Sorry! Back on subject.
Simshon	Posted - 2007.04.25 18:24:00 - [8] yea i'm trying to learn how to speak icelandic as i would like to live there at some point in my live. i can only say one thing in icelandic atm which is "pleased to meet you" need to get myself a book
Sheriff Jones Amarr Space Perverts and Forum Warriors United Cult of War	Posted - 2007.04.25 19:17:00 - [9] If i know those icelanders at all...all you need to know there is "Beer." "Beer?" "More beer!" and "You hot, have happy time?"
Amphetaminer Grumpy Old Men	Posted - 2007.04.25 19:37:00 - [10] All i need to know is swear words
Tyleritus adeptus gattacus Praesidium Libertatis	Posted - 2007.04.25 19:44:00 - [11] I learnt this at last fanfest and i will spell it how it soudns in english. Halo Fatleck (Hello Beutiful) Sight (Cute) ENJOY because I did Adeptus Gattacus Are Recruiting
Nather Ampraphel	Posted - 2007.04.25 20:51:00 - [12] I will be visiting Reykjavik for the fest, but those Icelandic looks all Greek to me (and i am greek, go figure). I was told that almost everyone speaks english, so we won't have a problem.
Abye SniggWaffe Pandemic Legion	Posted - 2007.04.25 21:02:00 - [13] Originally by: Amphetaminer All i need to know is swear words http://www.insultmonger.com ___ Inappropriate signature. Please do not use this signature. Email us for more information -Eldo ([email protected])
RU Sirius Blueprint Haus Hydra Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.25 21:59:00 - [14] Originally by: Nather Ampraphel I was told that almost everyone speaks english, so we won't have a problem. I know that, but I want to learn a little Icelandic before I go. Maybe others want to as well.

Eshtir Forum Moderator Interstellar Services Department	Posted - 2007.04.25 22:01:00 - [15] As if i could speak Icelandic when im drunk. Im glad i can speak English when drunk. forum rules \| [email protected] \| Our Website! Want to be an EVE-Online forum moderator? click here! Yulai, we have a problem!


CCP Ginger	Posted - 2007.04.25 22:01:00 - [16] Tg tala ekki Islensku


Eshtir Forum Moderator Interstellar Services Department	Posted - 2007.04.25 22:17:00 - [17] Originally by: CCP Ginger Tg tala ekki Islensku cough English please cough forum rules \| [email protected] \| Our Website! Want to be an EVE-Online forum moderator? click here! Yulai, we have a problem!

Mebrithiel Ju'wien Omerta Syndicate Exuro Mortis	Posted - 2007.04.25 23:06:00 - [18] I only ever managed to remember one word in two weeks there, but it's the most important: Takk. Good girls go to Heaven. Bad girls get drunk and pew pew in Delve.
Kyreax Deepspace Exploration Biscuit Repair Associates	Posted - 2007.04.25 23:14:00 - [19] Edited by: Kyreax on 25/04/2007 23:10:41 Takk means "Where's all the man brothels" --------------------------- My big fat Pink-proof signature.
Miner Bare	Posted - 2007.04.25 23:15:00 - [20] Careful Ginger! You may lose your posting privileges * Warning * the EVE-O forums enjoy playing practical jokes on Freaky Bare. No matter how many times he is set to default - Freaky never seems to be default. The Bare family is convinced they are

CCP Garthagk	Posted - 2007.04.26 00:29:00 - [21] Originally by: CCP Ginger Tg tala ekki Islensku I forgot what ekki means. Some? A little? But really, all you need to know: +g µtla a= fß einn kaffi! "I would like one coffee." For ordering at a kaffih·s (coffee house) when you need to cure that hangover. (Strangely enough, I don't know how to say beer yet.) But for those who are worried - yes, everybody speaks English. Sometimes they will stare at you for a second until they remember how, but I've never had a problem. And yes, takk (pronounced tock) means thanks. -------------- Garthagk - CCP Web Cell To err is human to really ***** up takes admins. -Hellmar


CCP Ginger	Posted - 2007.04.26 00:55:00 - [22] Originally by: Eshtir Originally by: CCP Ginger Tg tala ekki Islensku cough English please cough Ooops! :) It means (and it may be missing a hyphon or two) I dont speak Icelandic. Or literally, I speak not Icelandic. Dont be dazzled by my amazing language skills, trust me, they are the joke of the office :) For many months it resounded to the only two words i knew jß - yes nei - no

Walter Model REUNI0N Red Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.26 01:06:00 - [23] Originally by: RedFall Here is a better Icelandish guide. this is crap.. for example it¦s says = "R* n·na" (Good Afternoon!). real translate is = "Fk now" don¦t use it And yes I¦m from Iceland _______________________________________________ "If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.", Guderian, 1937.
Sheriff Jones Amarr Space Perverts and Forum Warriors United Cult of War	Posted - 2007.04.26 06:58:00 - [24] Icelandic would be rather breeze to learn, well, finnish and all, but sounds alot like swedish, which is forcefed us vigorously at primary school. Would be fun to come over and throw some real cursewords around in finnish
Raquel Smith Caldari Freedom-Technologies	Posted - 2007.04.26 07:29:00 - [25] Originally by: CCP Garthagk Originally by: CCP Ginger Tg tala ekki Islensku I forgot what ekki means. Some? A little? Ekki, Ekki, Ekki, Ptang, Zoo Ping! He probably said that he doesn't speak Icelandic. Tg is stupidly close to the other scandinavian 'jeg', 'jag', etc. Tala is close to Swedish's tale, ekki -> ikke (norwegian), Islensku -> something to do with kittens.

Chribba Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire	Posted - 2007.04.26 07:48:00 - [26] thungur knivur! Help me help you .

RU Sirius Blueprint Haus Hydra Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.26 08:03:00 - [27] Originally by: CCP Garthagk And yes, takk (pronounced tock) means thanks. ...and is also the title of a Sigur Ros album.
Karina Harington Port Royal Independent Kontractors Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2007.04.26 08:21:00 - [28] I need a translation for the words "fire" and "please". I need to make a t-shirt about our "favourite" game balancer for the fanfest...
hafhal Gallente Reykjavik University Corpus Maximus	Posted - 2007.04.26 08:27:00 - [29] Originally by: Chribba thungur knivur! ¦essi hnffur ß a= vera ¦ungur
hafhal Gallente Reykjavik University Corpus Maximus	Posted - 2007.04.26 08:43:00 - [30] Originally by: Karina Harington I need a translation for the words "fire" and "please". I need to make a t-shirt about our "favourite" game balancer for the fanfest... straight translation of words will not get you very far in icelandic. fire = eldur volcano = fire-mountain = eld - fjall match = fire-stick = eld-sp²ta land of fire and ice = land elds og fs land of fires and ice = land elda og fs singular hTr er eldur um eld frß eldi til elds plural hTr eru eldar um elda frß eldum til elda and there is no one word used for please in icelandic ger=u ¦a= = is often used but it literally means , do it old people might say= vildur=u vµra svo vµnn a=.... = which is , could you be so kind to....
Karina Harington Port Royal Independent Kontractors Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2007.04.26 09:18:00 - [31] "do it" would be a decent enough translation for my needs
Ifni Developmental Neogenics Amalgamated	Posted - 2007.04.26 09:49:00 - [32] Hinik's good with the Icelandic phrases. You take what is offered. And that must sometimes be enough.

CCP Eris Discordia	Posted - 2007.04.26 10:32:00 - [33] I also use one of those online guides to learning icelandic because you can repeat the pronounciation endlessly. I got to asking if that was my bag and do not sing in the tub. Pink Dread has been hijacked

jamesw Rubra Libertas Militia	Posted - 2007.04.26 10:33:00 - [34] I tend to find that if you actually have to talk to them, you messed up somewhere along the way. -- Latest Vid: Domination!
Jim McGregor	Posted - 2007.04.26 10:34:00 - [35] Edited by: Jim McGregor on 26/04/2007 10:30:58 Originally by: CCP Ginger Originally by: Eshtir Originally by: CCP Ginger Tg tala ekki Islensku cough English please cough Ooops! :) It means (and it may be missing a hyphon or two) I dont speak Icelandic. Or literally, I speak not Icelandic. Dont be dazzled by my amazing language skills, trust me, they are the joke of the office :) For many months it resounded to the only two words i knew jß - yes nei - no Icelandic seems pretty close to swedish/norwegian/danish actually. At least I understood what you wrote there. :) --- Eve Wiki \| Eve Tribune
Danton Marcellus Nebula Rasa Holdings	Posted - 2007.04.26 11:20:00 - [36] *****and pillage! I bet you still have killrights, at least if you're from the british isles. Also Known As
Patch86 Di-Tron Heavy Industries Freelancer Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.26 11:34:00 - [37] Originally by: Raquel Smith Originally by: CCP Garthagk Originally by: CCP Ginger Tg tala ekki Islensku I forgot what ekki means. Some? A little? Ekki, Ekki, Ekki, Ptang, Zoo Ping! Glad someone else said that --------
LancerSix Dirty Deeds Corp. Axiom Empire	Posted - 2007.04.26 11:35:00 - [38] Edited by: LancerSix on 26/04/2007 11:33:08 Is it just me, or does Icelandic look a lot like Klingon. I smell conspiracy! Warning: Sig highly outdated.
Cer Berus Gallente C.T. Technologies	Posted - 2007.04.26 12:28:00 - [39] I went to Reykjavik in Feb. The most important thing I learnt is that Thule is pronounced Too-lay (or something like that, the memory's a bit hazy).
Lictose Gallente The Dark Side Marauders	Posted - 2007.04.26 12:35:00 - [40] Originally by: Tyleritus I learnt this at last fanfest and i will spell it how it soudns in english. Halo Fatleck (Hello Beutiful) Sight (Cute) ENJOY because I did ROFL, something that sounds like somet you would describe out of a horror movie is describing something as beautiful..
DaRuLe Caldari	Posted - 2007.04.26 12:50:00 - [41] Originally by: Jim McGregor Edited by: Jim McGregor on 26/04/2007 10:30:58 Icelandic seems pretty close to swedish/norwegian/danish actually. At least I understood what you wrote there. :) Being in the same language group that really doesn't come as a surprise doesn't it? __________________________________________________________________________
alisandent Valiant Logistics Inc.	Posted - 2007.04.26 12:55:00 - [42] Hail Sigur Ros! My favorite game and my favorite band, and all from iceland! what a great country!
Nicholas Barker Caldari Black Bands Privateer Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.26 13:05:00 - [43] i've been using that second site alot, but it's hard, and the first site is cool but i don't know what they're saying in English, so i'm just learning words and sentences without knowing their meanings. ------------------------------------- The thousand corps of carebear empire decend upon you, our whines will blott out the fun.
Gene Wolfe	Posted - 2007.04.26 13:22:00 - [44] Originally by: ArtemisEntreri You'll never say a word we will understand Hey are you the guys that ran that game server company? They had an employee named artemis :)
Teron D'Amun Eve University Ivy League	Posted - 2007.04.26 13:55:00 - [45] 'don't speak Icelandic F1,F2,F3,F4,F5' should suffice
Masta Killa BURN EDEN	Posted - 2007.04.26 14:31:00 - [46] Foreigners should forget trying to learn phrases in Icelandic, they always sound like complete retards reading their wrongly pronounced lines from little sheets of paper :\|
Jim McGregor	Posted - 2007.04.26 14:33:00 - [47] Originally by: DaRuLe Originally by: Jim McGregor Edited by: Jim McGregor on 26/04/2007 10:30:58 Icelandic seems pretty close to swedish/norwegian/danish actually. At least I understood what you wrote there. :) Being in the same language group that really doesn't come as a surprise doesn't it? No comments. --- Eve Wiki \| Eve Tribune

CCP Fear	Posted - 2007.04.26 15:43:00 - [48] Originally by: CCP Ginger Originally by: Eshtir Originally by: CCP Ginger Tg tala ekki Islensku cough English please cough Ooops! :) It means (and it may be missing a hyphon or two) I dont speak Icelandic. Or literally, I speak not Icelandic. Dont be dazzled by my amazing language skills, trust me, they are the joke of the office :) For many months it resounded to the only two words i knew jß - yes nei - no Don't forget Kannski!

RU Sirius Blueprint Haus Hydra Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.26 17:56:00 - [49] Originally by: Masta Killa Foreigners should forget trying to learn phrases in Icelandic, they always sound like complete retards reading their wrongly pronounced lines from little sheets of paper :\| You're about the third person to say this. Or maybe the second. Is this the general sentiment in Iceland? Seems a bit meanspirited, really. So the deal is you turn up in Reykjavik and attempt, however successfully, to speak to people in their native language and they'll treat you like a retarded tourist and take the ****? Somehow I think not.

CCP kieron	Posted - 2007.04.26 18:09:00 - [50] Originally by: RedFall Yeah, huffing kittens can kill ya. Sorry! Back on subject. Viewing that link while drinking a beverage can be hazardous to the cleanliness of your monitor! kieron Community Manager, EVE Online

Minmatar baby	Posted - 2007.04.26 18:16:00 - [51] Edited by: Minmatar baby on 26/04/2007 18:13:41 How long can u get with using Danish up there? I can recall one time, they still had Danish Lessions in their schools, so can people still speak it up there? oh and i meet around 5-7 people that were vising denmark, and they could all speak danish.. If that fails there is always english i recon :) jß - yes - Ja nei - no - Nej pretty close to danish..
gettosmurf	Posted - 2007.04.26 20:14:00 - [52] Learning Icelandic is not that hard, well, not for me, I come from that place This stupid school system we got makes sure that we learn English and Danish. So, if you speak those languages you will do fine here. Well, probably not with Danish, most people tend to forget that chapter of horror and misery. And now my corp is going to get wardecced by every single Danish corp out there, maybe I should use an alt for this.... Nah, I'm just kidding Denmark, you know I love you, most of all Carlsberg. But we do speak English very very well, especially when you meet us in bars with beer in our hand, that's when we speak perfect English.
RobertAnton Wilson School of Applied Knowledge	Posted - 2007.04.26 22:06:00 - [53] Originally by: CCP Eris Discordia Whatever You wouldn't happen to be a Robert Anton Wilson fan would you?
Trevedian Amarr KR0M The Red Skull	Posted - 2007.04.26 22:50:00 - [54] Edited by: Trevedian on 26/04/2007 22:48:11 As an American who visited Iceland for the last EVE TVÖ broadcast I can honestly say... Icelanders speak better "English" than the majority of Americans. At least the ones I spoke to did. So spend your time finding ways to earn additional money to pay for their expensive drinks instead of trying to learn a new language for a short trip. Sex0r > you're bounty turns me on.. you seem like the kind of amarrian to dominate me
Illyria Ambri Caldari	Posted - 2007.04.26 23:19:00 - [55] Everytime I try to speak Icelandish I end up spitting mucus ------------ This is not War... This is pest control - Dalek Sek Happiness is a warm railgun, Love is a stocked missle launcher. Sexual extacy is watching that NME Battleship go boom. "Will i
Minmatar baby	Posted - 2007.04.27 07:53:00 - [56] Originally by: gettosmurf Learning Icelandic is not that hard, well, not for me, I come from that place This stupid school system we got makes sure that we learn English and Danish. So, if you speak those languages you will do fine here. Well, probably not with Danish, most people tend to forget that chapter of horror and misery. And now my corp is going to get wardecced by every single Danish corp out there, maybe I should use an alt for this.... Nah, I'm just kidding Denmark, you know I love you, most of all Carlsberg. But we do speak English very very well, especially when you meet us in bars with beer in our hand, that's when we speak perfect English. SK+L! althought i prefere Tuborg :)
RU Sirius Blueprint Haus Hydra Alliance	Posted - 2007.04.28 10:16:00 - [57] I think CCP should have a test on the door for those attending who are not native. Hall=! +g heiti RU Sirius.
Catogo	Posted - 2007.04.28 11:08:00 - [58] How do you say, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." without it coming out, "The vodka is good, but the meat is rotten" in Icelandic?
RedClaws Amarr Dragon's Rage Intrepid Crossing	Posted - 2007.04.28 11:13:00 - [59] For me the problem is all those weirdo characters you have : I see an icelandic word and I can't even start to pronounce it

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