Getting around in Icelandic
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Icelandic words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Icelandic phrases in this lesson
- Hvar er klósettið?kvar er KLOH-set-ith
- Where is the toilet?
- Hvernig kemst ég til...?KVER-nig kemst yekh til
- How do I get to...?
- Til vinstritil VIN-stri
- To the left
- Til hægritil HYE-gri
- To the right
- Beint áframbaynt OW-vram
- Straight ahead
- Hérhyer
- Here
- LestarstöðLES-tar-stuhth
- Train station
- StrætóSTRYE-toh
- Bus
- FlugvöllurinnFLUG-vuht-lur-in
- Airport
- Einn miða, vinsamlegastAYN MEE-thah, VIN-sam-leh-gast
- One ticket, please
Klósett is the common word for toilet, borrowed from European usage. Snyrting is another word you may see on signs. In Iceland, public toilets are relatively easy to find in towns.
Literally "straight forward." If someone points and says this, you're on the right track. Beint on its own also means "straight" or "directly."
Iceland has no railways at all. Long-distance travel is by coach, car or domestic flight.
The yellow city buses in Reykjavík. A long-distance coach is a "rúta".
Keflavík International Airport is about 45 minutes from Reykjavík. Flug means flight, völlur means field, a literal "flight field." The Flybus runs between the airport and the city.
Miði is the word for ticket. The -a ending here is the accusative form. Used at bus stops, ferry terminals, or attraction ticket booths.