Faroese/Chapter Two

Chapter Two - Basic phrases
Many of the following examples are taken from the German language guide by Richard Kölbl: Färöisch Wort für Wort. Bielefeld, 2004.

Hello and Goodbye

 * hey! [] - hi!
 * halló! [] - hello!
 * góðan morgun! [] - good morning!
 * góðan dag! [] - good day!
 * gott kvøld! [] - good evening!
 * vælgagnist! [] - blessed meal! (entering a room, where people are eating)
 * eingin orsøk! [] - you're welcome!
 * orsaka! [] - sorry!
 * tað er í lagið! [] - that's alright!
 * hvussu hevur tú tað [] - how are you
 * e.g. havi tað gott! [] - I'm fine!
 * skál! [] - cheers!
 * farvæl! [] - goodbye!
 * góða ferð! [] - have a good journey!
 * vit síggjast! [] - see you!

Do you speak English?
Note: In this section, the polite second person singular pronoun tygum is used instead of the common tú. Generally, tygum is used in formal situations and amongst strangers


 * tosa tygum enskt? [] - do you speak English?
 * Is there someone here who speaks English? - Dugir nakar her eingilskt? []
 * eitt sindur [] - a little
 * e.g. skilji ikki [] - I don't understand
 * hvat siga tygum? [] - pardon?
 * ha? [] - eh?
 * hvat eitur ... á enskum/føroyskum? [] - what does ... mean in English/Faroese?
 * føroyskt er vakurt men torført at læra [] - Faroese is beautiful but difficult to learn

Please and Thanks

 * ger so væl [] - now, do good
 * ver so góð [] - please, here you have
 * ja takk [] - yes please
 * lat meg fáa hetta, takk [] - let me get this, please (e.g. in a shop, when you don't know the word for something, and just point to it)
 * takk fyri [] - thank you (standard phrase: "Thanks for (it)")
 * ... hjálpina [] - ... the help
 * stóra tøkk - [] - many thanks
 * nei takk [] - no thanks

Agree and disagree

 * ja [] - yes
 * nei [] - no
 * jú! [] - sure!, yea
 * kanska [] - maybe
 * vónandi [] - hopefully
 * sjálvandi [] - that's understood/naturally
 * tíbetur [] - fortunately
 * tíverri [] - unfortunately
 * akkurat [] - exactly
 * júst [] - just
 * gamaní [] - that's fine by me
 * ikki sannheit? [] - isn't it?
 * tú hevur rætt [] - you are right
 * e.g. eri púra samdur/samd - [] - I totally agree (m./f.)
 * vera ósamd(ur) [] - to disagree
 * tað haldi eg ikki - [] - I don't think so
 * heldur tú? [] - do you think so?
 * eg veit ikki - [] - I don't know
 * tað er fitt [] - it is cute,nice
 * tað er ringt [] - it is bad,