Icelandic at Our Table

VARÚÐ – Warning

Takk – Thanks

Takk, takk fyrir and takk fyrir mig are all versions of saying thank you, increasing in thanks intensity.

Hvað segir þú? – How are you?

Fyrirgefðu – Forgive me

Hvert eruð þið að fara, strákar?
Where are you going, boys?

Pabbi – Dad

Allt í lagi – Alls well

Ertu ekki að grínast? – Are you kidding me?

Foreldri – Parent

Góða ferð og gott í sjóinn
– Good travels and good seas

An expression said to sailors before they go to sea.

Hvað ertu að gera? – What are you doing?

Hættu – Stop

Kalt – Cold

Stunguskófla – Straight End Shovel

Systkini – Sibling

Útvarpsaga – Icelandic Radio Station

Goðan Daginn – Good day/hello

Já – Yes

Þetta reddast – It will work out

A very Icelandic experession: we will work it, things will work out, there will be a solution in time, don’t sweat the small details. It’s a mindset and a very common phrase.

Eiginmaður – Husband

Eiginkona mín – My wife

Mamma – Mom/Mum

Bakdyr – Backdoor

Eyjafjallajökull – The famous volcano

Frænka mín/Frændi minn – My (gender) cousin

Góða nótt, sofðu rótt – Good night, sleep well

Hvað kom fyrir? – What happened?

Íslenska – Icelandic

Læknir – doctor

Suðurlandsskjálfti – Southern earthquakes

A reoccurring set of earthquakes that affect the southern region of Iceland with such regularity that it is reffered to as Suðurlandsskjálfti.

Sæl verið þið – Good luck to you

Þú drapst hann – You killed him

Goðan Daginn meistari – Good Day sir

Used mostly when speaking to someone skilled or knowledgeable when the conversation will be about said skill, or someone to show respect to.

Nei – No

Ég samhryggist – I share your sorrow

Its the Icelandic way to say “I’m sorry for your loss”

Strákar – Boys

Talar þú ensku? – Do you speak English?

This isn’t the only way to say this; it depends upon the gender, or genders, of the person, or persons, you are speaking to.

Sautjánda júní -17th June

June 17th is Iceland’s day of independence.

Bróðir – Brother

Ekki málið – No worries

Góða helgi – Good weekend

Guð minn góður – My god

Hvað? – What?

Þjóðhátið – National Festival

Huge music festive held on Vestmannaeyjar every year.

Steinn, Skæri, Blað – Rock, Scissors, Paper

Systir – Sister

Til hamingju – Congratulations

Þú ert dauð – You are dead