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Hugsa, spá, pæla, halda, finnast: How to Say “Think”

Thinking about thinking. Do you think it's a meta article? What do you think of that? Learn the different ways to say "think" in Icelandic!
The Future

In this article: eels, hovercrafts, dictatorial mice. Also, how to talk about the future in Icelandic. Now stop saying 'mun' so much!
Semi-Deictic Timing

This weekend, next Monday and last spring: learn to use the words next and last to talk about time in Icelandic!
How to Tell the Time

What time is it? IT'S ICELANDIC LEARNING TIME! This article won't teach you any classic puns, but it will make telling time easier!
Point-Relative Timing

Ten minutes ago, you didn't know how to say "ten minutes ago" in Icelandic. You still don't. Fix that by reading about Point-Relative Timing!
Deictic Timing

Deictic: a fancy word for a simple idea. What's today in Icelandic? What about the day after the day after the day after tomorrow?
Possession and Body Parts

Quick question: are you attached to your kidneys? Learn how to explain that to Icelandic organ harvesters!
Cases and Possession

Is this car-the his John's? Icelandic possession can sound like alphabet soup gone wrong, but you can master it!
Cases and Impersonal Verbs

Verbs that don't change, dative sickness, and the language police: Impersonal verbs are an interesting topic.
Við

“Við” pops up all over the place and it never seems to mean the same thing. Learn how to peg this critter down.
Obligation and Necessity

You should have needed to have to be supposed to read about Icelandic obligation and necessity.
The ng/nk Rule

Icelandic is pretty close to being read the way it’s written, but it’s got a couple of tricks up its sleeve.
Cases and Motion

What do Elrond and The Lord of the Rings have to do with Icelandic? Virtually nothing, but they still make an appearance in this instalment of our series on cases.
Vita, þekkja, kunna, rata: How to Say "Know"

Find out why Icelandic has so many words for this seemingly simple idea. Know your knows!
Cases and Prepositions

Cases are hard. We make them easier with this instalment in our series on Cases
Eiga, hafa and vera með: How to Say "Have"

Have time, be with pens, own children. The Icelandic words for "have" seem difficult. We'll make it easier!