Unit Overview

Welcome to the second unit! This unit is designed to teach you to introduce yourself to people as well as introduce you to the concepts, phrases, and words necessary to understanding inflection.

I Will Learn:

what declension is
how cases are represented in declension tables
how many cases exist in Icelandic grammar
the names of the cases in Icelandic
the difference between a subjct and an object
what case steering is
what cases subjects and objects are typically on
how verbs control the case of their objects
the most common greetings in Icelandic
what greetings are used depending on the time of day
what greetings are used depending on formality
how greetings change depending on person and pluality
the most common ways to say goodbye
how to tell somebody my name
how to tell somebody where I am from
how to ask somebody their name
how to ask somebody where they are from
the most common non-inflecting single words
how to answer yes or no to positive and negative questions
how to ask somebody how they are doing
how to tell somebody how I am doing
many short phrases that can be widely applied