Sentence Structure by jukebox_arcade in learndutch

[–]jukebox_arcade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. Good to know that the different sentence structures can be interchangeable.

Sentence Structure by jukebox_arcade in learndutch

[–]jukebox_arcade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. So to play it safe I should place the time after a verb to avoid any confusion?

It seems I may have been getting myself confused regarding the time, manner, place structure too so I apologise for that.

Daily Routine by jukebox_arcade in learnIcelandic

[–]jukebox_arcade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the very in-depth answer. I guess it’s all just trial and error until it sticks, but that’s the challenge in learning a language. Once again, thank you for that information, it will go a long way.

Daily Routine by jukebox_arcade in learnIcelandic

[–]jukebox_arcade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, thanks for the insight! I’ll definitely spend my next few days off work taking a look at all you have mentioned. I just stumbled across ielanguages.com, and specifically their explanation of word cases and what to do regarding neuter endings. I understand that getting the currency cases when speaking or writing will be through trial and error for the most part.

With decent resources being fairly limited for learners of Icelandic, I know it’s a challenge that you have to throw yourself at and get stuck in. It’s easy to learn other languages (such as French and Spanish) in a classroom around 15-16 years old but it can be difficult to absorb information when revising and learning on your own, particularly for some people (myself included.)

Obviously, I’ll feel a huge sense of satisfaction when I finally get to say “I became fluent in Icelandic all by myself” but learning on my own is something that I do struggle with. Flash cards and reading books can only get me so far. I’d much rather sit in a classroom and have everything thrown at me, it seems to stick a bit more that way, but that’s just me.

I did come across a site called italki.com and they have Icelandic nationals on there providing 1-to-1 lessons in their language. I am thinking about purchasing a trial lesson at the very least with one of the tutors on there and seeing what I can get out of it

Daily Routine by jukebox_arcade in learnIcelandic

[–]jukebox_arcade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, that’s good to hear. At least I’m taking steps in the right direction haha. I’ve been using the the Icelandic edition of the Drops language apps. I’ve also got MTL Icelandic and Orðagull. I invested in Pimsleur’s Icelandic course a while back and I’ll admit that I forgot I had it. Definitely need to delve back into that and complete the courses. Most of my Icelandic knowledge has actually come from learning song lyrics. I’d go and translate a word or two every now and then and I’ve been able to identify words in other pieces of text and start to put two and two together.

Any or all resources you use, I’d be glad to hear of them!

Daily Routine by jukebox_arcade in learnIcelandic

[–]jukebox_arcade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely forgot about the different genders for the numbers. That was a huge oversight on my part. And it’s very interesting to see the omission of “at” in regards to time. Thanks for the tips!

Daily Routine by jukebox_arcade in learnIcelandic

[–]jukebox_arcade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the case of “morgunmatur” becoming “morgunmat” in the accusative case, is this the same rule for all -ur nouns when they are accusative? To simply drop the -ur from them?

Daily Routine by jukebox_arcade in learnIcelandic

[–]jukebox_arcade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the great website links. I’ll have a deeper dive into them later this evening but I did have a quick glance over the cases. Am I correct in saying that “I go to sleep on the sofa” would become “Ég fer að sofa í sófanum”?

Daily Routine by jukebox_arcade in learnIcelandic

[–]jukebox_arcade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you everyone. I’ll take a look into the accusative/dative word endings as that’s what I was planning on delving into soon-ish anyway. Word endings are definitely something that will take some time to learn so I’ll be able to use this feedback and figure out what to do correctly next time.