Today, 1st of September, is a special day. C'est la
rentrée – the first
day of school! As long as I can remember, this day has always been
important, as pupil, as student, as teacher. It feels kinda weird
that I'm gonna miss school today. It's strange that today for me, is
just a day.
J'ai néanmoins aujourd'hui une pensée spéciale pour ceux qui ont préparés cette journée, et avec qui je passais d'habitude mon 1er Septembre, mes anciens collègues, mes anciens élèves, mes anciens professeurs.
Nevertheless today i have a special thought for the ones who got ready for this day and with whom I would have usually spent my 1st of September, my ex-collegues, my ex-students, my ex-teachers.
And for the first day of class, I have a special treat for you : Let's learn some Icelandic!
I selected 7 words I would like to teach you. So far, after two months and a half here, it seemed to me that those words are some of the most important to know here in Iceland. But let's play a little game first. Please read this text. Some hidden icelandic words sneaked into it. Can you understand them?
Hi! My name is Sigurður. I live in Iceland, in the hraun fields. I love to go fishing in the fjords or in the vatn. I made my fishing rod myself, out of björk. My favorite fish is the þorskur. On my way back home I stop at the búðin to buy some mjölk. Takk!
You can now check out below the words you understood. You can find here the translations in the three most used languages of the visitors of the blog (in order : latvian, french, estonian), plus english for the ones who don't speak any of those.
J'ai néanmoins aujourd'hui une pensée spéciale pour ceux qui ont préparés cette journée, et avec qui je passais d'habitude mon 1er Septembre, mes anciens collègues, mes anciens élèves, mes anciens professeurs.
Nevertheless today i have a special thought for the ones who got ready for this day and with whom I would have usually spent my 1st of September, my ex-collegues, my ex-students, my ex-teachers.
And for the first day of class, I have a special treat for you : Let's learn some Icelandic!
I selected 7 words I would like to teach you. So far, after two months and a half here, it seemed to me that those words are some of the most important to know here in Iceland. But let's play a little game first. Please read this text. Some hidden icelandic words sneaked into it. Can you understand them?
Hi! My name is Sigurður. I live in Iceland, in the hraun fields. I love to go fishing in the fjords or in the vatn. I made my fishing rod myself, out of björk. My favorite fish is the þorskur. On my way back home I stop at the búðin to buy some mjölk. Takk!
You can now check out below the words you understood. You can find here the translations in the three most used languages of the visitors of the blog (in order : latvian, french, estonian), plus english for the ones who don't speak any of those.
Islenska
|
Latviešu | Français | Eesti | English |
| Hraun | Lava | La lave | Laava | Lava |
| Vatn | Ūdens / Ezers | L'eau / Le lac | Vesi / Järv | Water / Lake |
| Björk | Bērzs | Le bouleau | Kask | Birch |
| Þorskur | Menca | La morue | Tursk | Cod |
| Búðin | Veikals | Le magasin | Pood | Shop |
| Mjölk | Piens | Le lait | Piim | Milk |
| Takk! | Paldies! | Merci! | Aitäh! | Thanks! |
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