Most Icelanders speak English, often with a fantastic fluency – especially the youngest and the city dwellers. The peak of the English language in Iceland occurred in 1999, when English replaced Danish as the first foreign language to be taught in schools therefore, you shouldn’t have problems when speaking English in Iceland. But, why not learn something in their language?
In this brief article, we’ll look at numbers, days, and months of the year and how to tell the time in Icelandic.
Numbers
| 0 | Núll | Zero |
| 1 | Einn | One |
| 2 | Tveir | Two |
| 3 | Þrír | Three |
| 4 | Fjórir | Four |
| 5 | Fimm | Five |
| 6 | Sex | Six |
| 7 | Sjö | Seven |
| 8 | Átta | Eight |
| 9 | Níu | Nine |
| 10 | Tíu | Ten |
| 11 | Ellefu | Eleven |
| 12 | Tólf | Twelve |
| 13 | þrettán | Thirteen |
| 14 | Fjórtán | Fourteen |
| 15 | Fimmtán | Fifteen |
| 16 | Sextán | Sixteen |
| 17 | Sautján | Seventeen |
| 18 | Átján | Eighteen |
| 19 | Nítján | Nineteen |
| 20 | Tuttugu | Twenty |
| 21 | Tuttugu og einn | Twenty one |
| 30 | þrjátíu | Thirty |
| 40 | Fjörutíu | Forty |
| 50 | Fimmtíu | Fifty |
| 60 | Sextíu | Sixty |
| 70 | Sjötíu | Seventy |
| 80 | Áttatíu | Eighty |
| 90 | Niutíu | Ninety |
| 100 | Eitt hundrað | Hundred |
| 1000 | Eitt þúsund | Thousand |
Days of the week
| Mánadagur | Monday |
| Þriðjudagur | Tuesday |
| Miðvikudagur | Wednesday |
| Fimmtudagur | Thursday |
| Föstudagur | Friday |
| Laugardagur | Saturday |
| Sunnudagur | Sunday |
Months
| Janúar | January |
| Febrúar | February |
| Mars | March |
| Apríl | April |
| Maí | May |
| Júní | June |
| Júlí | July |
| Ágúst | August |
| September | September |
| Október | October |
| November | November |
| Desember | December |
Hours and Periods
The clocks in Iceland work in the 24 hour system.
| klukkan er eitt | 1am (one in the morning) |
| klukkan er tvö | 2am (two o’clock in the morning) |
| hádegi | Midday |
| klukkan er þrettán | 1pm |
| klukkan er fjórtán | 2pm |
| miðnætti | Midnight |
| í gær | yesterday |
| í dag | today |
| á morgun | tomorrow |
| núna | now |
| snemma | early |
| seint | afternoon |
| aður en | before |
| seinna meir | after |
| morgunn | morning |
| eftirmiðdagur | afternoon |
| kvöld | late afternoon |
| knot | night time |
Time
| _____ mínúta Plural; mínútur | _____ minute (s) |
| _____ klukkustund Plural; klukkustundir | _____ hour (s) |
| _____ dagur Plural; dagger | _____ day (s) |
| _____ vika Plural; vikur | _____ week (s) |
| _____ mánuður Plural; mánuðir | _____ month (s) |
| _____ ar (awr) | _____ years) |
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