Icelandic Nouns

Welcome to the third Icelandic lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Icelandic to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes kartöflur

tomatoes tómatar

onions laukar

carrots gulrætur

fruits ávextir

apples epli

bananas bananar

oranges appelsínur

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Icelandic
do you have milk? [verb + noun] ert þú með mjólk?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] ég hef mjólk og kaffi
he has three apples [number + plural noun] hann hefur þrjú epli
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] hún hefur aðeins eitt epli
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] við búum í litlu húsi
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] mér finnst morgunmaturinn okkar góður

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread brauð

milk mjólk

butter smjör

cheese ostur

coffee kaffi

sandwich samloka

meat kjöt

chicken kjúklingur

fish fiskur

breakfast morgunmatur

lunch hádegismatur

dinner kvöldmatur

Conversation in Icelandic

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Icelandic
Do you speak (English/ Icelandic)? talarðu ensku/íslensku
Just a little bara lítið
I like Icelandic ég kann vel við íslensku
Can I practice with you? get ég æft mig með þér?
How old are you? hvað ertu gamall/gömul
I'm thirty three years old ég er 33 ára gamall
It was nice talking to you það var gaman að tala við þig!

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