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Þetta er Rúf Englis Radio með Darin Adam,daglig englis-languris-radiofrá Íslandins nasjónalbróðkastur Rúf.Rúf Englis Radio með Darin AdamRúf Englis Radio með Darin AdamRúf Englis Radio með Darin AdamRákel Ír Sigurardóttir er yfirmaður í vinnuskólanum.Rákel segir, það er gaman að hafa Messi.Það gleður krakkana.Það gleður líka fólk sem við hittum.Messi drekkur aðalega mjölk.Messi reynir líka að býta grás.Back to the start and we'll go through this line by line.Já, Messi er lítil.Messi er lítil.Messi is a small lamp.And of course here I pronounce it Messi with an Ebecause of the footballist and we would say his name like this.If we would see this out of all this context we have hereit would be pronounced just Messi with an E soundbut I think we keep to Messiwith the reference that's happening.And interestingly here we also have one of the few examplesbecause we must rememberEnglish and Icelandic are relatively closein so many ways.It doesn't always seem that way.Exactly.And of course with both languagesalso with mixtures of others and so onbut we have a few instances of exactly the same wordlike lampor in Icelandic lampthat is practically the same pronunciation also.And egg.Egg is another one.There are not manybut there are a few that are even spelled exactly the same.Yes.If you are just in plainnominativewithout articleversionit appears exactly the same.And because we're taking the name Messifrom the context of the famous footballerwe're not messing around withno pun intendedwe're not changing his nameor declining his nameare we in different cases?No, no, exactly.Yeah, yeah.Ok.Messi var einn út í mýri.So little Messi the lamphe was foundor he was aloneout in the wetland.So and I would thinkyou also have moreisn't it?Yes.Yeah.Yeah.I think so mýri and moremust be linked you knowin describing the landscapeeven though mýri now isspecifically wetlandthan in Icelandic.Sopoor little thinghe was found totally alone therehelplessso even though wedon't saythat you should ever take a lampof coursefrom the sheephe was totally aloneso he was going to die thereif he isSo do we think a sheep gave birthand no one knew?Nothingwe know nothing morenothey just found him thereand he was notyou knowhe wouldn't have been ableto do anythingnoso smallalone anymoreso they decidedto take him with themhomeþá kom fólkog fann Messithen came some peopleand they found MessiMessier baratíu daga gamalso when this is writtenhe was onlyten days oldásakiso yeahhe was reallyreally smalllike we can seeon the imagefólkið fór með Messiheim til síná hættluand the peopletook Messito their homein Hætlain south of Icelandand here of courseif we haveaccusativeaccusativebecause they wentto their homeso Hætlawith an Ain the endturns to Hætlubecause wedecline itdown toaccusativeBjörgvin GeirSigurðarssoner fjórtanorraso Mr. BjörgvinGeir Sigurðarssonhe's 14 years oldBjörgvinpassarMessiand Björgvinhe takes careor babysitslike we couldwe could talk aboutpassafor that alsosoMessiBjörgvin gefurMessimjölkúr pelaand he givesMessisome milkwhat do you call itthe containerfor little kidsthat they suck onyou knowI'm not surejust a bottlereallyor a cartonit dependsif it is a bottleor a cartonexactlyyeahso he's giving himmilkto have himsuck on thatyou knowpoor little thingBjörgvin vinnurí vinnusskólanumí vinnusskólanumand Björgvinhe worksand like we call itthe working schoolthat is thenfor youngsterslike he is14 years oldso thatnormallyit's thethe townor the municipalityorganizesfor at leastfew weeksfor the youngstersto workin the neighborhoodyou knowthey can bedoing some gardeningdoing some tidying upmowing the lawnsyou knowbesides the streetsand so onso he is nowdoing thatduring the summerand Messifer me Björgviní vinnunaand little Messigoes with Björgvinto workso with the other youngstersBjörgvin segirand Björgvin saysMessieldir okkureins og hundurand Messifollows uslike a dogyeahmaybewe can seethe instinctstherebecause if hewas the poor thingall alonehe just gotthissuddenlinguisticwith peopleand now they arehis companyso he justfollows themall aroundvið spiluðumfóboltameð Messiand we playedsome footballwith Messiþess vegnaheitir lampiðMessithereforethe lampis calledMessiRaquel ÍrSiguradóttirer yfir maðurí vinnuskólanumand Mrs. Raquel ÍrSiguradóttirshe islike athe bossof thethe unitof the workingschooland she sayshún segirþað er gamanað hafaMessiit's lots of funto haveMessiþað gleyðurkrakkanait bringsjoyto the kidsog það gleyðurlíka fólksem við hittumand it alsobrings joyto peoplethat we meetbecause theynormallyalmost alwaysare they workingoutdoorsso that's alsovery practicalfor little Messiof courseand then peoplesee him aroundand check on themMessidrekkuraðalega mjölkhemostlydrinksmilkMessireynir líkaað býta grásand he is alsotryingto eator bitesome of the grassso he's gettingpaid a bit lessthan the actualMessia little bitmaybebut insteadhe can bein the lovelysummertimein Hedlayesso he's havinga fine old timeso that's the storyof Messithe sort offootballing lambin a simple formof IcelandicBjarnithanks very muchthis is RúfEnglish RadioI'm Darren Adamyou can get in touchwith us anytimewe are Englishat ruv.isThere is morefrom RúfEnglishwith all the newsfrom Icelandin Englishat ruv.isslashEnglishRúfEnglish Radiois a dailyEnglish languageradio fromIceland'snationalbroadcasterRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishRúfEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

Episode 922 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - MESSI THE FOOTBALLING LAMB, in simple Icelandic

fim. 3. sep. 2026, 16:00 · 9:37

Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular programming, RÚV English Radio hopes to assi

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1. Þátturinn fjallar um Messi, lítil lamb sem var fundið í mýri í Suðurlandi á Íslandi. Rákel Ír Sigurðardóttir, yfirmaður vinnuskólans, segir að Messi hafi gleðjað bæði krakkana og íbúana sem þeir hittu.

2. Messi er aðeins tíu daga gamall þegar fólk finnur hann, og því er ákveðið að taka hann með sér heim. Björgvin Geir Sigurðarsson, 14 ára drengur, tekur að sér að passa Messi og gefur honum mjólk úr pela.

3. Björgvin vinnur í vinnuskóla og tekur Messi með sér í vinnuna. Messi fylgir honum eins og hundur, sem endurspeglar þörf hans fyrir félagsskap eftir að hafa verið einn í mýrini.

4. Þátturinn útskýrir einnig tengslin milli íslenskrar og enskrar tungu, þar sem sum orð eru alveg eins í báðum tungumálum, og nýtir dæmi eins og „lamp“, sem er bæði lampi á íslensku og á ensku.

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