Í dag er "Memorial Day" í Bandaríkjunum. Hér
eru nokkur orð yfir hátíðir og merkisdaga á
íslensku.
Today is Memorial Day in the US. Here are some words for holidays in Icelandic.
Bolludagur (m.) - "Bun Day"
Sumardagurinn fyrsti (m.) - first day of Summer
Jól (n. pl.) - Christmas
Nýársdagur (m.) - New Year's Day
Páskar (m. pl.) - Easter
Sjómannadagur (m.) - first Sunday in June (a celebration
for sailors)
Verslunarmannahelgi (f.) - Labor day
Þjóðhátíðardagur (m.) - Icelandic
Independence Day (17. júní)
Þrettándakvöld (n.) - the last day of Christmas
I like to practice by listening to Icelandic radio at <http://www.ruv.is/>.
Sometimes you can even watch television; once I saw an American movie with
Icelandic
subtitles. It'd be particularly useful to see a movie in Icelandic
with English subtitles, but that wouldn't make any sense :)
Gleðilega hátíð,
Jon
Thanks to Ásta for comments and corrections on this post.