📄️ Unit Overview
Welcome to the first unit! This unit is designed to introduce you to the absolute bare essentials that you need to know to start speaking and making good sentences in Icelandic.
📄️ Introduction to Inflection
As a native English speaker, the most important thing to understand about Icelandic is that it functions very differently from English. Icelandic is a heavily inflected language, but English is not.
📄️ Introduction to Conjugation
The first kind of inflection that you are going to learn is conjugation. Conjugation is the inflection of verbs, and it is a kind of inflection that is present in both English and Icelandic.
📄️ The Infinitive Form
The infinitive form of a verb is the most common and useful form of a verb to know.
📄️ Conjugation Charts
While the ideas of conjugation and inflection may seem intimidating and confusing at first, fear not! Tools and patterns are available that can help you memorize and internalize the ideas behind inflection.
📄️ Að Vera
Now that you understand the idea behind inflection and understand how conjugation tables work, it is time to learn your first verb! The most important verb to know in any language is to be. In Icelandic, to be is að vera.
📄️ Þetta, Hver, and Hvað
Þetta, Hvað, and Hver allow you to identify things.
📄️ Progressive Tense
Now that you know how to conjugate að vera, you are ready to create your first tenses!
📄️ Second-Person Merging
To wrap up the Introduction to Icelandic unit, it is important to learn about the second person.