Monday, June 7, 2010

Conversations, School

Avarsla – care, keeping, custody
Styrktarsjóð – relief fund
Tæplega – hardly, barely
Sjóð – funds, cash
Bera –carry
Stofnun – institution, institute
Starf – work
Staðfest – confirm, verify
Skipulagsskrá – charter
Úthlut – allot, allocate
Ýmis – various, different
Verkefni – task, assignment, project
Nem – student, pupil
Vísindamaður – scientist
Ákveðinn – certain, definite
Samræma – coordinate, standardize
Viðkomandi – in question
Dagsetning – date
Áhersla – emphasis, stress
Stofnfé – initial capitalization
Höfuðstóll – capital, principal
Ávöxtun – yield, return
Óbundinn – unbound, unrestrained
Ársreikningur – annual financial statement
Dósent – associate professor
Viðskiptafræði – business administrator
Lögfræði – law, jurisprudence
Viðskiptafræðingur – graduate in business administration
Ráðgjafi – advisor, consultant, counselor
Konar - sort of
Samur - same, unchanged
Samskonar - the same sort of
Þykkur - thick, bulky, dense, stout
Jógúrt - yoghurt
Ferskur - fresh, new, bracing, vigorous
Ofsi - violence, vehemence
Ferð - trip, journey, speed
Ferðamatur - traveling food
Reyktur - smoked
Líta - look, glance, see
Víst - probably
Nóg - enough, sufficient
Útilega - camping
Plast - plastic
Plastpoki - plastic bag
Kálhaus - cabbage, cabbage head
Lýti - physical defect

Það er ofsa gott - It is delicious (when talking about food)

Taken from conversations and the University of Iceland's website.

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