# Icelandic/Lesson 2

| Icelandic | Forsíða | Inngangur | Stafróf og framburður | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 |
| Icelandic | Viðaukar: Stórir Bókstafir | Nafnorð | Sagnorð | Óregluleg sagnorð | Lýsingarorð | Atviksorð | Töluorð | Orðtök | Klukkan | Annað: Verkfæri |
Kafli 2: Talarðu ensku?
    Lesson 2: Do you speak English?
* In this lesson you will learn:
* to read self introductions →
* how to say what your name is →
* what languages you can speak →
* how to say where you come from →
* about the present continuous tense →
* the verbs að búa, að koma, að tala, and að heita →
* about Icelandic surnames →

## Kynning (Self Introduction)

Read the following self introductions from two Icelanders who are telling about themselves, what languages they speak, where their family comes from and what their names are. There will of course be some new words in these introductions that you will not be familiar with. Try to use your prior English knowledge to figure out some of the meanings. Write down words that you definitely cannot figure out or understand, and read the vocabulary box below. Once you have read over the vocabulary, try to read again the introductions for a better understanding and comprehension.
* heiti, heitir - my name is, his/her name is (from að heita)
* frá - from
* Íslandi - Iceland (dative form of Ísland)
* tala, talar - I speak, he/she speaks (from að tala)
* íslensku - Icelandic (accusative form of íslenska)
* dönsku - Danish (accusative form of danska)
* ensku - English (accusative form of enska)
* litla - a little (accusative feminine form of lítill)
* þýsku - German (accusative form of þýska)
* Mamma mín - my mum
* líka - also, too
* Pabbi minn - my dad
* kemur - comes (from að koma)
* Írlandi - Ireland (dative form of Írland)
* írsku - Irish Gaelic (accusative form of írska)
* að læra - learning, to learn
* menntaskóla - Icelandic High School (accusative form of menntaskóli)
* spænsku - Spanish (accusative form of spænska)
* Jæja, gaman að hitta ykkur - Well, nice to meet you all
* sem móðurmál - as a mother tongue
* norsku - Norwegian (accusative form of norska)
* frönsku - French (accusative form of franska)
* ítölsku - Italian (accusative form of ítalska)
* maður minn - my husband (literally: my man, eiginmaður means husband also)
* Noregi - Norway (dative form of Noregur)
* Hann talar ekki ensku - He doesn't speak English
* búum - we live (from að búa, to live)
* saman - together
* í Reykjavík - in Reykjavík (the capital of Iceland)

## Málfræði
### Sagnorð

We see some conjugations of verbs in present simple that are uses in basic introductions.
| að tala | to speak |
| ég tala | i speak |
| Þú talar | you speak |
| hann/hún talar | he/she speaks |
| við tölum | we speak |
| þið talið | you speak |
| Þeir/Þær/Þau tala | they speak |
| að búa | to live |
| ég bý | i live |
| þú býrð | you live |
| hann/hún býr | he/she lives |
| við búum | we live |
| þið búið | you live |
| þeir/þær/Þau búa | they live |
| að koma | to come |
| ég kem | i come |
| þú kemur | you come |
| hann/hún kemur | he/she comes |
| við komum | we come |
| þið komið | you come |
| þeir/þær/Þau koma | they come |
| að heita | to call |
| ég heiti | i call |
| þú heitir | you call |
| hann/hún heitir | he/she calls |
| við heitum | we call |
| þið heitið | you call |
| þeir/þær/Þau heita | they call |
The conjugation of the progresive presente is with the auxiliar to be followed of the verb.
Dæmi:
* Hún er að koma : she is coming
* Við erum að búa : we are living.