Last month I shared how I aim to finish the rest of my Pimsleur Icelandic audio lessons as one of my Icelandic October goals; I’ve repeated lesson 25 a few times and thought writing out some of the commonly used words and phrases in it might help me retain what I’ve learned.

Full disclosure—I imagine I have an error or two (or ten) here, so don’t rely on the below completely.

• Where to do you intend to go? = Hvar ætlar þú að fara?
• And with the children = Og með börnunum
• Which way is best? = Hvaða leið er best?
• The correct way = Rétta leiðin
• Is this the correct way? = Er þetta rétta leiðin?
• This is the correct way = Þetta er rétta leiðin
• That is the correct way = Það er rétta leið
• Turn = Beygðu
• Drive further = Keyrðu lengra
• Then = Síðan
• Is it far to…? = Er langt á…?
• How many…? = Hvað margir…? / Hversu margir…?
• That is not far = Það er ekki langt
• I would like to buy something = Mig langar að kaupa eitthvað
• For = Handa (when buying something)
• I would like to buy a wool sweater today = Mig langar að kaupa lopapeysu í dag
• Can I (that)? = Get ég það?
• Why? = Af hverju?
• Why not? = Af hverju ekki?
• Because = Af því að
• The stores = Búðirnar
• Closed = Lokaðar
• The sores are closed = Búðirnar eru lokaðar (this one took me quite awhile to learn how to say!)
• Blanket = Ullarteppi (this is a fun one to say!)
• No, you cannot = Nei, þú getur það ekki
• She answers = Hún svarar
• Right? = Ekki satt?
• Late = Áliðið
• It is too late = Það er of áliðið

If you’re trying out Pimsleur Icelandic, too, I suggest doing each audio lesson on your own (without stopping to look things up) and making note of the words you want to check on later. I usually repeat each lesson multiple times and allow myself to look up translations/spelling later.

Góða skemmtun!

Sarah