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by óþokki
Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:38 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: I wish English had a word for this!
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There are two Icelandic words I miss a lot in English. að nenna = to bother doing something/to feel like doing something Examples: Ég nenni ekki í skólann = I don't feel like going to school Ég nenni ekki að passa hundinn þinn = I can't bother to watch your dog frekja/frekur = frekja is a noun, whic...
by óþokki
Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:58 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Weird phrases from real languages
Replies: 323
Views: 187979

Icelandic:
Barbara Ara bar Ara araba bara rabarbara

Barbara Ara (Barbara, the daughter of Ari) brought Ari the Arab only rhubarb.