Icelandic Waitress in England Speaking in Native Language
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- If you've always wondered what Icelandic sounds like, here is an Icelandic waitress in England who spoke briefly about her life in her native tongue. If you know some Norwegian, you may recognize a few words!
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Her smile made my day ♥
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Wow I didn’t realise it was so similar to Norwegian😮
It is! Icelandic is in large part, Old Norse.
@@LouiseEgan Hæ ég er frá íslandi!!
It’s pronounced with a Norwegian intonation / accent in this video, but it’s not always pronounced with this type of intonation / accent - sometimes it sounds like German, and it is most similar to Old Norse and Faroese, because I am learning all Germanic languages and I know it’s quite different from Norwegian, and only some words are spelled the same way, while Norwegian is closest to Danish and Swedish, and I am intermediate level in Norwegian / German / Swedish and advanced advanced level in Dutch and beginner level in Icelandic / Danish / Old Norse / Faroese / Gothic etc!
Even though many words share the same root words, speakers of Norwegian will not understand most words in Icelandic without learning it first, because most words have been modified a lot by the dudes that created / modified Icelandic and Norwegian, however, knowing Norwegian helps one learn Icelandic faster, as there are still lots of similarities, and words like gresskar vs grasker (pumpkin) and hånd vs hönd etc, and it’s easier to remember the word if it’s similar!
Icelandic Language Is Part Of North Germanic Languages Like English Language
'Ég er búin að búa hér í band... í englandi." I think she thought she was living in the US for a minute there.
Indeed
Beautiful language. Beautiful country. Beautiful people.
Lucky you -- it seems like you have visited Iceland and had a wonderful time. I would LOVE to go there, and I would love to learn how to speak Icelandic!
@@LouiseEgan Yes, I have visited Iceland and I do hope you'll soon be able to do so. The country, the people, the sense of calm and also remoteness from our hectic lives are all so intense that I'll never forget the experience. Iceland does have a special place in my heart.
@@filippoguidi9544 I am putting Iceland on the top of my list of places to travel once we're able, especially thanks to your comments, Filippo!
Pfff, what ns - all hüm’ns are the exact opposite of beautiful / compIiments, and the misused term beautiful must be edited out! I am the only beautiful being! Nature and Icelandic and the other Germanic languages are pretty and only reflect me!
My 7 year old son wanted to know what language the vikings spoke, so I played him this video and told him this is the closest language existing today. We are a multilingual family (English/Swedish / German) so we understand most of what is said. I am amazed how similar the accent is to Scottish. and my son is not sure if Pete is a welder or has been to Switzerland but other than that we understand most of what is said.
Multi-lingual, so cool! and I think Swedish and German have traces of Viking too. That's interesting that you find the accent similar to Scottish; I'm going to listen to her again. Takk-Danke-Thanks for writing!
She said her name was Sæunn, she's from Iceland and that she and her boyfriend have lived in England for ca 4 years and that they really like it. Það er svo fyndið að heyra fólk tala íslensku á CZcams haha ég veit ekki afhverju
Thanks for translating her video, and adding it in Icelandic -- cool script, especially with the ancient letter ð
@splashdropz9239 . Thanks!
I'm Swedish and I never thought I would understand that much of what you said in Icelandic.
i heard that Icelandic is the closest Germanic language to old Norse, if you give an Icelander something written in old Norse they will understand it they're like modern aged Vikings. pretty cool stuff
Yes! Very cool stuff! Wikipedia says that the maternal gene pool is 62% from Ireland and Scotland, so it's not as dominant "Viking" DNA as I thought. Still, the writing and language have hardly changed (again, according to Wiki) since 1400. Old Norwegian modernized in Norway, but Iceland stayed about the same. Imagine if Americans spoke the way people did Chaucer's or Shakespeare's time!
Not necessarily. Icelandic vocabulary has developed, so that some words are so archaic that you'd need a translation.
if old norse is spoken they won't understand it. if it's written down like modern transcritptions then yeah they can kinda understand the written form
@@gavinrolls1054 As an Icelander I'd say I can understand about 95% of written Old Norse. I found out that the words I didn't understand are pretty much words for things we don't use anymore. Ofcourse we don't really know what it sounded like :)
Wow, what a beautiful language.
I agree!
just to let you guys know uhm im 50% iceland and live in iceland and she is saying that she has lived in england around 4 years
Understood everything as a Swede
Congratulations
My god she is absolutely gorgeous
Yes, she is -- who can beat that smile?! However, if you understand Icelandic, you'll find out that she is living in England with her boyfriend, Pete ... Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous? lol! You must be from Europe, in United States we actually have the most beautiful women on the earth. Not trying to be mean but this Icelandic woman's eyes are crooked, she not that gorgeous...if you want to see drop dead gorgeous my daughter is beyond gorgeous! Speaking a language doesn't make you special, what makes each person special is we're all unique and one of a kind. She's pretty but she's far from gorgeous.
very near and similar to faroese and norwegian very pretty harmonic, nordic germanic. i m suspect to talk about icelandic, love germanic langs sound pretty abd sametime pratical, concise, synthetical. 💕💕💕💕🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸sexy lang. pretty people, country lang and culture
Ég er líka frá íslandi❤
Ég líka
Wowsers! She's gorgeous. Watching from London England.❤
Pfff, what ns - all wøm’n are the exact opposite of gorgeous / wowsers / heart emoji / compIiments etc and the misused big terms gorgeous / wowsers and heart emoji must be edited out and the misused name mill(er) and the numbers must also be edited out and changed! There is only one gorgeous being and that’s me The Goddess / The Leader / The Queen / The Princess / The Star / The Lady etc and love only exists for me the only lovable / loved being!
...bėtühs are beyond db, pfff.
What a beautiful language!
It IS a beautiful language, based in Old Norse. Difficult to find language schools who teach it -- I think you simply have to go and live there for a while. (Fun!)
You look English but with good teeth 😁
I’m Swedish, and I’m astonished that I understood what she said.
Really? Why?
@@Starkardur Because this language has basically been untouched since the Vikings. They also have some very tricky pronunciations and spelling.
@@enzokyu its a North Germanic language and is part of the Nordic countries - a language which Scandinavian languages derive from - but not surprised that Scandinavians are surprised by this - I remember a Norwegian being surprised by my name because he thought it was Norwegian and not Icelandic LMFAO
Wow ég er frá Iceland
You look english, but very healthy 😅
Ertu líka frá Íslandi alveg eins og ég og mjög flott ❤
Ég er líka frá Íslandi
Icelandic is a beautiful language!
Got it I think. Her name is Sigun she lived in England for 4 years with Pete from London.
Thanks, Albin! I have listened to this youtube a lot, and with every comment I go back and hear different things. Thanks to your comment, I finally understood her name (Sigun! pronounced "Sai-yoon"); and also heard her say she works in England in the Cotswolds! Never heard those things until now. Does she say "Sveiks" at the end? I see it on a car bumpersticker in my NY neighborhood. I googled it once and think it means "greetings" in Latvian - maybe Icelandic too.
Im from Sweden so I somewhat understand Icelandic if it’s spoken slowly and clearly. I translate it to. Hi my name is Sigun I come from Iceland. I have lived in england for about 4 years. I came to england with my boyfriend called Pete who is from London.
I am also not sure about last part, but I think it’s something about pete being a welder.
Welder in Swedish is called svetsare and in Norwegian it’s called sveiser.
I love the sound of the S in Icelandic, it reminds me the S sound in Greek and European Spanish.
I never noticed that her S-sound was different from other languages. Good ear!
I though she said she’s from east london
Hæ ég heiti Íris og ég á heima á Íslandi líka❤
You're very lucky to live in Iceland, Íris!
Nice video, please do more. I just read a book about Rekayavik.
Thanks, and I'm glad you liked the video. Sorry, I don't specialize in Iceland, though I'd love to learn Icelandic some day. What is the book about Rekayavik?
its sound like danish or jeg er fra i englander
I understood %70 of what you said. Very similar to norsk
Cool, isn't it?! According to the website, fluentin3months.com:
Icelandic is similar to the medieval language (or dialect) Old Norse. It has not changed much since the 9th and 10th centuries, since it hasn't been heavily influenced by outside languages or conquerors.
Snilld!
Yes, what lovely sentiments about Iceland! Your name looks Icelandic, Kristján - do you live there?
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I am a native Spanish speaker and if I hear this in the wild I would think it is German.
Good observation, @decaalv! Icelandic, like English and Scandinavian languages, all descend from early (Proto) German, which goes back to 500 B.C. As the early Germanic people spread out into different lands, their distinct languages evolved with them. Pretty cool!
I'm British but speak Swedish. Understood more than I expected. The accent is almost like North Wales Welsh speakers ..
Machine gun fast, sounds like she is talking about something that she likes ?
Структурно очень похоже на норвежский, но по звучанию больше напомнило финский.
❤
Hii😊
Hello!!! Yeah Icelandic language truely is a beautiful language some how the Icelandic government will have to figure out how to keep Icelandic language alive & well & not let it get lost to the younger generation & not let it get lost or to poluated be the English language or any other language like the native American Indian language that is so beautiful i guess its a paradox to be solved take care iceland i ❤ your country so much & the people & god bless ❤😊
Wow similar to Norwegian
wow? yeah these two languages are closely related - is that a revelation?
@@Starkardur tusen tak
Cutie!
At times it sounded welsh 😂
Welsh! I haven't heard that comparison before, though someone else found it similar to Scottish.
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Hæ ég er líka frá íslandi
Lucky you! Þakka þér fyrir að skrifa!
Almost said United States rather then England.
sexy language
Ég lika
wife says sounds like swedish
Hæ hi
Er gaman
Babe!
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looks like the upper and lower lip don't touch most of the time she speak..
I had never noticed that before! But without other examples, I would hesitate to make a big generalization. Still -- good observation. She can smile and speak at the same time!
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I need sub. Just confusing my brain@@
So sorry! Didn't want to confuse you! Thanks for watching!
Not a big deal! Just a hilarious comment!
The intonation sounds like German.
Hii😊