#25: Að Poppa

Today's entry is going to be a quick one, because I'm in the process of finishing up some of my graduate school applications! The word that I've chosen is fun to say, and useful if you're a habitual snacker, but I don't have very many insightful remarks to make about it. It's að poppa, and it's a verb that specifically means "to make popcorn."

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#15: Appelsínugulur

Today's word can be used to describe many things that I really like-- pumpkins, tigers, autumn, and a surprisingly large portion of my wardrobe. It's appelsínugulur, and it's the word for my favorite color: orange.

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#10: Matvandur

Today's word is one that I think a lot of my former housemates would use to describe me, if any of them spoke or even had a passing interest in Icelandic! It's matvandur, which means "fussy" or "picky" when it comes to food. And that's definitely me!

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#9: Veitingahús

I posted the link to this blog on Facebook a few days ago, just in case anyone in my online social circle was interested in Icelandic. I didn't expect anyone to actually click the link, but apparently at least one person did and his impression was, "cool... but why don't you post words people will actually use?" Perhaps he has a point. Words like máltaka, þrákálfur, and þórðargleði probably aren't used all that often, and I'm probably one of only a few people who talks about sporðdrekar on a regular basis.

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#6: Ís

I realize that my previous entries to this blog may give the impression  that Icelandic is a language of monstrously large, unwieldy compound words. And that is true, to some extent-- there's no shortage of "how am I supposed to even say that?" moments whenever you open an Icelandic book. But, that doesn't mean that every word is a mouthful and a half. Take today's word, for example-- it's short and sweet: ís.

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