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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Icelandic

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. 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.

The town of Akureyri in summer
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Andrii Gladii, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Icelandic phrases in this lesson

Einnaytn
One

The double n is said "tn".

Tveirtvayr
Two
Þrírthreer
Three

The þ is the th in "think".

FjórirFYOH-rir
Four
Fimmfim
Five
Sexsex
Six
Sjösyuh
Seven
ÁttaOWH-ta
Eight
NíuNEE-u
Nine
TíuTEE-u
Ten

Prices are in Icelandic krónur, and they are high.

Where Icelandic is spoken

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