{"id":14515,"date":"2017-09-16T18:55:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/blog\/?p=14515"},"modified":"2017-09-16T18:55:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:55:45","slug":"joyful-and-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=14515","title":{"rendered":"Joyful and blessed"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have now been learning Icelandic for a couple of weeks, and am still on Lesson 1 in Colloquial Icelandic<\/em>. I’m in no hurry, and just want to learn the basics, at least at first, so my lack of progress doesn’t worry me.<\/p>\n

There seem to be quite a few ways to greet people in Icelandic. These include:<\/p>\n

– Hall\u00f3
\n– G\u00f3\u00f0an dag(inn) = Good day
\n– Komdu s\u00e6ll og blessa\u00f0ur (>m) = “Come joyful and blesed”
\n– Komdu s\u00e6l og blessa\u00f0 (>f) = “Come joyful and blessed”
\n– Komdu s\u00e6ll (>m), Komdu s\u00e6l (>f)
\n– S\u00e6ll (>m), S\u00e6l (>f)
\n– S\u00e6ll vertu (>m), S\u00e6l vertu (>f)
\n– Blessa\u00f0ur (>m), Blessa\u00f0 (>f)<\/p>\n

Goodbyes include:<\/p>\n

– Vertu blessa\u00f0ur (>m), Vertu blessu\u00f0 (>f) = “Be blessed”
\n– Vertu s\u00e6ll (>m), Vertu s\u00e6l (>f) = “Be joyful”
\n– Bless \u00e1 me\u00f0an = “Bye as long as”
\n– Bless bless = Bye bye
\n– Bless = Bye
\n– Vi\u00f0 sj\u00e1umst = “We (will) see each other again”
\n– Sj\u00e1umst s\u00ed\u00f0ar = See you later<\/p>\n

>m = said to males, >f = said to females<\/p>\n

You can hear recordings of some of these on my Icelandic phrases page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Are these all commonly-used?<\/p>\n

Do other languages have gender-specific greetings?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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