They are so very similar
Quick scan through reveals the Speakers name  and much information
Name Hrafn - 17 years old - lives in Denmark - where it is pleasant but has a lot of Rain (?)
 
Hrafn owns a Cat called Ninja whom he loves dearly - has one sister  (could not get much from a quick glance at the info about her)
 
But Hrafn loves the old Norwegian Language this was apparent - when I ignored completely the ON Text and tried to read the Modern Text alone
 
Thank you Friend Thomsen this was most informative
Kveðja
Patricia
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: N thomsen
Date: 08/03/2008 09:32:10
Subject: RE: [norse_course] elementary question
 
well, let me show you an  example for how similar Icelandic and Old Norse are.
this is my description from me VF profile.
 
Old Norse:
Hæ ek heiti Hrafn, ek er 17 ára stúlka ^^ Ek bý í Danmörku. sætt lítið land, en vit höfum of mikila rigningu. Ek á einn kött, hann heitir Ninja *ek elska hana ^^ * Ek á ok eina systur, hon er hlœgileg XD Ek vil læra Norrœnu mál, en hon er svo eftið >.< En ek elska allt Norrœnt, Norrœna nafn mitt er hmm, þat vil ek eigi sigja xb

Icelandic:
 Hæ ég heiti Hrafn, ég er 17 ára stúlka ^^ Ég bý í Danmörku. Sætt lítið land, en við höfum of mikla rigningu. Ég á einn kött, hann heitir Ninja *ég elska hana^^ * Ég á og eina systur, hún er hlægileg XD

Ég vil læra Norrænu, en hún er svo erfið >.< En ég elska allt Norrænt, Norræna nafn mitt er hmm, það vil ég ekki segja xb

 
 
hope that helps ^^


 

To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
From: wildhare13@...
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 03:59:12 +0000
Subject: [norse_course] elementary question

How similar is Icelandic to Norse? Is Norse different from Old Norse?
Apologies for being a bit obtuse.. I learned a poem from the edda..
recite in old norse.. I'd like to have more CD's to listen to.

is there an "old norse on CD" anywhere?

Please don't burn me for asking an elementary question.. I have been
lurking on the site for a couple months now.
I have a fascination with language.. so although I might not be able to
translate fully.. I like learning while commuting, I have one CD of Old
Norse...

thanks




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