Sæll Arlie,
"Cookie" in icelandic would be "kaka" (both A's
pronounced as in 'par' or the A in 'parker' kind alike with the spelling of
"karkar" with the R's left mute..
Also in the plural "cookies" = "kökur" (ö is
pronounced as the 'u' in fur, the u in kökur is hardly pronounced at
all but would resemble a 'schwa' (the vowel you make just letting your jaw
and tounge relax (not hissing that is :P) but still its very
short.)
kaka is essentially the same word as cake, i.e.
rjómakaka means cream cake, jólakaka means christmas cake.. if you mean just
cookies you would call it 'smákaka' where 'smá' is a diminuative.. (the 'á'
would be pronounced as the 'o' in 'wow' (smow, differs from snow)
and then some forms:
nominative: (here is a cookie) hér er
kaka
accusative: (about a cookie) um köku
dative: (from a cookie) frá köku
genetive: (to a cookie) til köku
(adding 'smá' to 'köku' would make the correct
form 'smáköku', as in for instance "This is a story about a cookie (Þetta er
saga um smáköku)
hmm.. worthy of mentioning would be that
'kaka' is feminine
Hope this helps somewhat.. (about web browser
cookies I have no idea..maybe it's just called kökur or kúkís (shit-icecream)
naah hehe)
/Baddi
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 3:39
AM
Subject: [norse_course] Cookie?
Hi,
A friend of mine asked me if I knew the
Icelandic word for "cookie",
and since I don't know it, and my little
dictionary doesn't have it,
I'm hoping someone here can tell
me.
This is the sort of cookie you bake and eat, not the sort your web
browser
receives.
--
Arlie
(Arlie
Stephens
arlie@...)
Sumir hafa kvæði...
...aðrir
spakmæli.
- Keth
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