Faroese lesson

Dialogue

Vocabulary and phrases

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Hvussu eitur tú? What is your name? (Literally: How are you called?)

• hvussu how
• at eita to be called
• tú you

Eg eiti Hjørdis. My name is Hjørdis.

• eg I
• eg eiti I am called

Hvaðani ert tú? Where are you from?

• hvaðani where… from?
• tú ert you are
• at vera to be

Eg eri úr Føroyum, úr Klaksvík. I am from the Faroe Islands, from Klaksvík.

• Eg eri úr… I am from…
• úr Føroyum from the Faroe Islands
• Føroyar the Faroe Islands

Ah, so tosar tú føroyskt? Ah, so you speak Faroese?

• at tosa to speak
• føroyskt Faroese

Nei. No.

Eg tosi spanskt. I speak Spanish.

• spanskt Spanish

Tær nýtist ikki at vera óhøvisk. There’s no need (for you) to be rude.

• at nýtast to be necessary for someone
• ikki not
• óhøvisk impolite, rude

Mær tørvar bara onkran at venja føroyskt við. I just need someone to practice Faroese with.

• at tørva to need, to require
• bara only, just
• onkran (from onkur) someone
• at venja
• við with

Um tú spyrt tápuligar spurningar, fært tú tápulig svar. If you ask stupid questions, you get stupid answers.

• um (in this context) if
• at spyrja to ask
• tápuligur stupid, foolish
• spurning question
• at fáa to get
• svar answer

Nú er nóg mikið! That’s enough!

• nú now
• nóg mikið enough

Grammar

Subject pronouns

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• eg I
• tú you (singular)
• hon she
• han he
• tað it
• vit we
• tit you (plural)
• teir, tær, tey they*

When to use ‘teir, tær and tey‘ and other uses of gender in Faroese will be explained in the next lesson.