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## 3/29/2009

###  [LINDA!](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/linda.html)

Sum summi av tykkum kanska longu vita, so hevur X-Factor verið í sjónvarpinum
síðstu mongu vikurnar. Ein av luttakarunum var føroyska Linda Andrews, ið
fríggjakvøldið, VANN kappingina, við sanginum "So what," hjá Pink, og "Det
bedste til sidst," ið varð skrivaður til høvið.

  
Eg gjørdist rímiliga kløkkur, tá eg sá Lindu koma á pallin, grátandi. Beint
áðrenn hon kom fram, var eitt lítið sjónband víst, har familja og vinir Lindu
tosaðu um hana, og var tað tí, hon brast út í tár. Gráturin ávirkaði byrjanuna
á sanginum, men, sum altíð, kom hon sterkt aftur, og tað eydnaðist bara væl
hjá henni ;)

  
Til finaluna í kappingini sá mann beinleiðis video frá øllum trimum heimbýunum
hjá finalistunum. Tí var eisini sent beinleiðis frá Hvonn í Havn, har nógvir
av familju, vinum og kenningum hennara vóru til staðar; onnur vóru sjálvandi
eisini.. :P

  
Eg vil ynskja Lindu TIL LUKKU við kappingini!

  
Her sært tú báðar sangirnir, sum hon sang í finaluni:

Here you can watch both songs, which she sang in the finals:

  
"So what"

  
  
  
"Det bedste til sidst"

  
  
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LINDA!

  
As some og you may already know, the Danish X-Factor has been shown on TV the
last many weeks. One of the participants was the Faroese Linda Andrews, who
Friday evening WON the show, with the song, "So what" by Pink, and "Det beste
til sidst(The best for last)," which was written for the final.

  
I got rather shocked when I saw Linda appear on stage, crying. Right before
she went on stage, there was shown a little video where Linda's family and
friends talked about her, which was the reason for her starting to cry. The
crying affected the beginning of her singing, but, as always, she came strong
back, and it just went on really well for her ;)

  
On the finals of the show, you could see live video from all three hometowns
of the finalists. Therefor there was also sent live from Hvonn(a
hotel/resturaunt), in Tórshavn, where a lot of her family and friends were
watching; of course, other peole were there as well.. :P

  
Congratulations, Linda!

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## 3/22/2009

###  [Dokumentarsendingar](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/dokumentarsendin
gar.html)

Kringvarpið er nú, ella fyri nøkrum vikum síðani, farið undir at gjørt
dokumentarsendingar, sum teir so senda annaðhvørt hóskvøld.
Dokumentarsendingarnar eru á rímiliga høgum støði, í hvussu er til at tær eru
føroyskar ;)

  
Kringvarpið hevur í síðstuni lagt ótrúliga stóran dent á at gera seg sjálvar
betri. T.d. kann eg nevna, at teir til jólar høvdu ein avstemning til hvørt
fríggjakvøld, um hvønn film teir skuldu vísa tá. At teir nú hava fingið ein
talara, til at siga frá, millum hvørja sending, hvat ið kemur aftaná
sendingina sum júst er liðug, og hvat kemur seinni á kvøldinum. At teir í
Útvarpinum hava roynt at fingið eitt betri "Flow," sum teir kalla tað, frá
morgni av, og út á dagin, og nú við hesum dokumentarsendingunum.

  
Eg haldi at tað er ein ótrúliga undarlig kensla at síggja eina
dokumentarsending í Sjónvarpinum, sum er á føroyskum! Alt tað, eg havi sæð, í
uppvøkstrinum, hevur antin verið á enskum, ella á donskum. Tað er undarligt,
at síggja fólkini tosa føroyskt, og at síggja tað, hjá mær, kenda føroyska
umhvørvið, í sjónvarpinum.

  
Higartil hava verið vístar tvær dokumentarsendingar í Sjónvarpinum. At hyggja
at dokumentarsendingum kann hjálpa einum at læra eitt sindur av føroyskum; tað
er nokk fragari enn t.d. at hyggja at Degi & Viku, tí á eini dokumentarsending
sær ein kenslurnar á andlitinum á persónunum, og alt tað ið gongur fyri seg,
meðan í Degi & Viku, eru bara turr tíðindi, har ið myndir onkuntíð verða
vístar..

  
Til ber hjá tær at síggja dokumentarsendingarnar, á netinum:

"[Í morgin skal tað vera](http://www.kringvarp.fo/click.asp?i=ase00079.wmv)" -
Um heimleys í Føroyum.

"[Tá óttin fær valdið](http://media.internet.fo/ase00081.wmv)" - Um ótta fyri
ymiskum, ið eingin grund er at óttast fyri.

  
Tú kanst annars sjálv/ur hyggja at, um nøkur nýggj dokumentarsending er komin,
[her!](http://www.kringvarp.fo/index.asp?s=48&t=s&slag=5) Tær eru annaðhvørt
hóskvøld.

  
--------------------------------------------------  
  
Documentaries

  
Kringvarpið(the national radio and TV of the Faroe Island) have now, or a
couple of weeks ago, begun to create documentaries, which they broadcast every
second thursday evening. The documentaries are in a pretty high class, at
least if you think of that they're Faroese ;)

  
Kringvarpið has the last couple of months tried to make them self better. I
can for example name that the weeks upon Christmas, they had votings for each
Friday evening, for what movie they should display. That they now have a
speaker, in between every programme, who tells one what the next programmes is
going to be, and about the programme the rest of the evening. That they in the
Radio, have tried to get a better "Flow," as they call it, during the morning,
and through the day, and now with these documentaries.

  
I think that it is a very weird emotion to see a documentary in the TV, which
is in Faroese! Everything else, I've seen, during when I have grown up, has
been in English or Danish. It's weird to see the people speak Faroese, and to
see the, from my perspective, known Faroese envirement, on TV.

  
So far, there have been shown two documentaries on TV. To watch these
documentaries can help one to learn a little bit of Faroese; it's probably
better than watching, for example, "Dagur & Vika"(The national TV news of the
Faroe Islands), because in a documentary, you can see the face expressions,
and everything that's going on, where as on "Dagur & Vika," there are only
shown dry news, with some pictures sometimes..

  
It is possible for you to watch the documentaries, online:

"[Tommorrow it shall be](http://www.kringvarp.fo/click.asp?i=ase00079.wmv)" -
About the homeless in the Faroes.

"[When frightness gets the hold of
you](http://media.internet.fo/ase00081.wmv)" - About frightness for stuff,
which you have no reason to be frightened for. (Phobias)

  
You can also watch out yourself, if new documentaries have been made,
[here!](http://www.kringvarp.fo/index.asp?s=48&t=s&slag=5) They get published
every 2nd thursday evening.

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arch/label/Documentaries%2FDokumentarsendingar),
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## 3/17/2009

###  [Marknaðarføring uttanlands!](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03
/marknaarfrin-uttanlanda.html)

Eg hoyrdi í útvarpinum í dag, at nøkur feløg(Atlantic Airways, 62N, Hotel
Føroyar, o.s.fr...) saman hava sett á stovn eina heimasíðu, sum fyri tað mesta
vendir seg til Danir. Á heimasíðuni hava feløgini valt at vísa ein annan
vinkul av Føroyum, og also ikki allar hesar hugtakandi vøkru myndirnar av
náttúruni, fjøllunum, havinum og mentanini, men ístaðin ein heldur skemtiligan
vinkul. Tey fokusera nógv á at Føroyar eru seyðaoyggjar, og hava tí nógvar
teknaðar seyðir, og hava tey eisini nógv orðaspøl við hesum. Tey velja eisini
at vísa ymiskar virðislønir, ið Føroyar hava fingið, sum t.d. besta
oyggjasamfelag í heiminum, minsti høvuðsstaður og at vit hava nógv berghol og
nógvir tunnlar.

  
Um tú skilur danskt, so kanst tú hyggja at heimasíðuni
[her!](http://www.ferieoerne.dk/)

  
--------------------  
  
Marketing abroad!

  
I heard on the Radio today that some companies(Atlantic Airways, 62N, Hotel
Føroyar, etc...) together have created a webpage, which fot the most part is
for Danes. On the webpage, the companies have chosen to show a different side
of the Faroe Islands, and not all these enchanting pictures of the nature, the
mountains, the ocean and the culture, but instead a pretty funny side of it.
They focuse a lot on the Faroe Islands as the Sheep Islands, and therefore
they have a lot of animated sheep and also some word-plays (in Danish). They
also choose to show some awards that the Faroe Islands have gotten, like for
example, the best Island group, smallest capital, and that we have a lot of
tunnels.

  
If you understand Danish, you can take a look at the webpage
[here!](http://www.ferieoerne.dk/)

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%2FDanm%C3%B8rk), [Languages/Tungumál](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label
/Languages%2FTungum%C3%A1l), [Marketing/Marknaðarføring](http://roskur.blogspo
t.com/search/label/Marketing%2FMarkna%C3%B0arf%C3%B8ring), [Nature/Náttúra](ht
tp://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Nature%2FN%C3%A1tt%C3%BAra), [Radio/Útva
rpið](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Radio%2F%C3%9Atvarpi%C3%B0), [To
urists/Ferðavinna](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Tourists%2FFer%C3%B
0avinna), [Websites/Heimasíður](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Websit
es%2FHeimas%C3%AD%C3%B0ur)

## 3/13/2009

###  [Grækarismessa í
dag!](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/grkarismessa-i-dag.html)

Í dag, 12. mars, er Grækarismessa. Man sigur at taldrið, tjóðarfuglur Føroya,
kemur heim aftur úr suðurlondunum hendan dag. Tó eru tjøldrini at síggja væl
fyri 12. mars. Dagurin verður eisini sagdur at vera fyrsti várdagur.

  
Føroyingar plaga at hátíðarhalda henda dag við at flagga, og syngja ymiskir
sangir, helst um sangir um at tjøldrini koma heim aftur. Í skúlunum verður tíð
tikin úr vanligu tímaætlanini til at fara út, vinda merkið upp í stong, og
bjóða tjøldrunum vælheimafturkomin!

  
"Grækarismessa" is today!

  
Today, 12th of mars, is "Grækarismessa." It's said that the Oyster bird, the
national bird of the Faroe Islands, comes back home from "the south" this day.
Although, one can see the Oyster bird a while before the 12th of mars. The day
is also said to be the first day of spring.

  
Faroese people usually celebrate this day by flagging, and by singing several
songs, mostly songs about the Oyster birds returning home. In the schools
there is set time off, out of the usual schedule, to go outside, put the
mark(merkið, the Faroese flag) on a flagging pole, and wish the Oyster birds
welcome back home!

  

[![](http://www.uppik.fi/Tjaldur/Pictures/tjaldur3.jpg)](http://www.uppik.fi/T
jaldur/Pictures/tjaldur3.jpg)Á myndini síggja vit tjaldrið, tjóðarfugl Føroya.

On the picture you can see the Oyster bird, the national bird of the Faroe
Islands.

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bel/National%20bird%2FTj%C3%B3%C3%B0arfuglur), [the Faroe Islands/Føroyar](htt
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## 3/09/2009

###  [Um broytingarnar hjá føroyska málinum gjøgnum
tíðirnar](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/um-broytingarnar-hja-froyska-
malinum.html)

In this post I am going to say a little bit about the origin of the Faroese
language, and the changes that it has gone through, from when people, for the
most part from Norway, first settled here, in the 8th and 9th centuries.
(Although other people, from elsewhere, lived here before.)

  
When the Norwegians came here, they brought a big part of their language with
them. In this way, the Faroese language arose from the Old Norse language. So
by and by, mostly because the Faroe Islands were so isolated from other lands,
the Old Norse language because a new tongue, namely, Faroese.

  
At that point the Faroe Islands belonged to Norway. Later Norway, and also the
Faroe Islands, came under Danish rule. After that, Denmark and Norway
seperated, but the Faroe Islands remained under Danish rule. As the Faroe
Islands were now supported by Denmark, it came to have a great influence on
them, both on the language and the culture.

  
Danish became the official language in the Faroe Islands, meaning, that it
became used, both in schools, and in churches. The psalms were sung in Danish,
and the Bibles were in Danish as well. In the schools speaking Faroese was
forbidden. In this way the Danish language came to have a huge influence on
Faroese, and quickly set it's footprint in the Faroese language.

  
There was no Faroese writing system to begin with; but in 1781-82 Jens Chr.
Svabo made some trips around the Faroe Islands, and there he wrote down the
legends, sagas, and songs that the people had recorded with their oral
tradition. He had to make the written language himself, and it so happened
that he was in Vága, so he made the written language to record that dialect.
In the Faroe Islands there were many dialects, and therefore in 1846 V. U.
Hammershaimb came up with a written language, which could be used in all the
dialects. He made this by looking up how the roots of the words were spelled
in the old language, Old Norse, and spelled the words in this way. Because of
this, there came to be a great distance between the written language and the
spoken language.

  
One consequence of the Danish language being spoken in the schools and in the
churches was that some Danish and therefore German (through Danish) words came
into the Faroese language. Here are some examples: studentur (student), betala
(pay), fortelja (tell), begynna (begin), bevara (preserve), forráða (betray),
gemeinur (common), sannheit (truth), kerligheit (love), etc. The Faroese have
therefore long tried to "purify" the Faroese language, so that it didn't
contain so many of these foreign words. The country took control of this in
1985, when the Faroese Language Institute was created. They have worked on
recreating 'Faroese' words by comparing the old language and Icelandic, and
they use these to create 'new' words.

  
English Translation in Progress :)

  
(You can read EVEN MORE about the Faroese legends
[here!](http://www.mundofree.com/islasferoe/thefaroeselanguage.html))

  
-----------------------------------------------------  
  
Eg fari í hesum innleggi at siga eitt sindur frá upprunanum hjá føroyska
málinum, og broytingarnar ið tað er farið ígjøgnum, frá tí at fólk, fyri tað
mesta úr Noregi, búsettust her, í 8. og 9. øld. (Tó hava onnur fólk,
aðrastaðni frá, helst búð her áðrenn tað.)

  
Tá ið normenninir komu higar, tóku teir ein stóran part av málinum við sær.
Føroyska málið er útsprottað av hesum gamla norska málinum, ella kanska heldur
gamla norðurlendska málinum(Old Norse). So við og við, nokk mest av tí at
Føroyar vóru so avbyrtar frá øðrum londum, bleiv gamla norðurlendska málið til
eitt nýtt mál, nemmliga føroyskt.

  
Tá átti Noregi Føroyar. Seinni Kom Noregi, og tí eisini Føroyar, undir danskt
kongsveldi. Seinni aftur, fóru Danmark og Noregi frá hvørjum øðrum, og Føroyar
komu undir danskt kongsveldi. At Føroyar nú vórðu stýrdar av Danmark, kom at
hava stórar avleiðingar fyri landið; bæði fyri málið, og fyri mentanina.

  
Danskt skuldi nú nýtast sum alment mál í Føroyum, t.v.s., at tað skuldi
nýtast, bæði í skúlum, og í kirkju. Sálmarnir vórðu sungnir á donskum, og
bíbliutekstirnir tað sama. Í skúlum var tað ikki loyvt at tosa føroyskt, bert
danskt. Men heima, á gøtuni, og millum føroyingar, varð framvegis tosa
føroyskt. Tó kom danska málið at hava stórar avleiðingar fyri føroyskt, og
setti tað skjótt síni fótasporð á føroyska málið.

  
Tá var eingin føroysk stavseting beinleiðis gjørd; men í 1781-82 gjørdi Jens
Chr. Svabo nakrar rundferðir í Føroyum, har hann skrivaði niður ævintýr,
søgur, sagnir og tílíkt. Hann mátti gera sítt egna skriftmál, og av tí at hann
var úr Vágunum, so fekk skriftmálið nakrar dialekt trupulleikar. Í Føroyum eru
nógvar dialektir, og tí kom V. U. Hammershaimb í 1846 við einum skriftmáli,
sum kundi brúkast í øllum dialektum. Hann gjørdi hetta við at hyggja eftir
hvussu rótin av orðinum varð stavað í gamla málinum, gomlum norðurlendskum, og
stavaði orðini so hareftir. Hetta hevði so við sær, at tað kom at vera langt
ímillum skriftmál og úttalan.

  

Ein avleiðing av at tað varð tosað danskt í skúlanum og í kirkjuni, var at
nógv donsk og partvís týsk(gjøgnum danskt) orð vórðu flutt inn í føroyska
málið. Her kunnu nevnast nøkur dømi: studentur (student), betala (pay),
fortelja (tell), begynna (begin), bevara (preserve), forráða (betray),
gemeinur (common), sannheit (truth), kerligheit (love), o.s.fr.

Føroyingar hava tí leingi roynt at "reinsa" føroyska málið, soleiðis at tað
ikki inniheldur øll hesu útlendsku orðini. Landið tók stig til hetta í 1985,
tá Føroyska málnevndin(www.fmn.fo) varð sett á stovn. Har hava tey millum
annað starvast við at gjørt nýggj orð, antin ið at taka tey úr íslendskum,
ella við at finna gomul heiti, og seta tey saman av nýggjum.

  
Føroyskt líkist í dag mest íslendskum og í ein ávísan mun, vesturnorskum.
Málið er broytt nógv, um ein hugsar seg eini 5-10 ár aftur í tíðina. Tá vóru
"útlendsk" orð javnan nýtt í fjølmiðlunum og millum manna, meðan vit í dag
hoyra útvarp og sjónvarp á grótføroyskum ;)

Vit hava fingið nógv nýggj heitið á ymiskum nýggjum lutum, sum allatíðina
verða gjørd. Sum dømi kann eg nevna orðið telda(computer) og geymi(USB flash
storage device). Tí er tað sera týdningarmikið fyri okkum at allatíðina halda
okkum dagførd innan alla tøknina sum allatíðina kemur - um fjølmiðlarnir fyrst
byrja at nýta hesi nýggju orð, so er sloppi, plagar man at siga.

  
Vit vilja ikki hava at føryskt skal enda líka sum norm, tað nú útdeyða máli í
Orkney Oyggjum og Hetlandi, og tí mugu vit royna at halda okkum til tað
serføroyska, og ikki loyva útlendskum orðum inn í okkara lítla, sára mál. Tí
fari eg at royna at skriva so "føroyskt" sum møguligt, hóast tað viðhvørt kann
vera neyðugt at skriva nøkur fá útlendsk orð, tíverri.

  
Eg vóni at tú har úti, sum antin dugir føroyskt, ella lærir teg tað, ístaðin
fyri at nýta tey útlendsku-føroysku orðini, heldur fer at taka væl ímóti
teimum serføroysku orðunum, og nýta tey, tá høvi er til tað. Tosið føroyskt,
og ikki hálvútlendsktmoderniseraðføroyskt!

  
(Tú kanst lesa nógv meira um søguna hjá føroyska málinum
[her!](http://www.mundofree.com/islasferoe/thefaroeselanguage.html))

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Languages/Tungumál](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Languages%2FTungum
%C3%A1l), [The Faroese language/Føroyska málið](http://roskur.blogspot.com/sea
rch/label/The%20Faroese%20language%2FF%C3%B8royska%20m%C3%A1li%C3%B0)

## 3/07/2009

###  [Faroese Sighting!](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/faroese-
sighting.html)

[![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/SbHOutrquxI/AAAAAAAAASc/dqCgLy-dH8g
/s320/Early+2009+%28Snow+in+St.+Louis,+early+March%29+083.JPG)](http://4.bp.bl
ogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/SbHOutrquxI/AAAAAAAAASc/dqCgLy-
dH8g/s1600-h/Early+2009+%28Snow+in+St.+Louis,+early+March%29+083.JPG)Yesterday
I was initiated into Alpha Mu Gamma, a language honors society here, and this
poster was in the room. (I hope it isn't secret, because now I've photographed
it and put it on the internet... XD). As normal for such poster, it said
'Hello!' (or Good Day...) in a number of languages. The Finnish one, Hyvää
Päivää, first attracted my attention, because, well, it's very noticeable!
Then I was astonished to see Góðan Dag also listed! (It is right below
Konnichi Wa) This is the Faroese word for Good Day, and on a poster which only
listed about 25 languages, I was thrilled to find it!

  
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Føroysk eygbering!

  
Í gjár kom eg uppí Alpha Mu Gamma, eitt málsligt ærusamfelag her, og hendan
plansjan/plakatin var í rúminum. (Eg vóni/hopi, at hon ikki er loyndarfull, tí
nú havi eg tikið mynd av henni, og lagt hana út á netið... XD). Sum vanligt
fyri slíkar plansjur, so segði honn "Halló!" (ella Góðan Dagin...) á eini
rekkju av ymiskum tungumálum. Tað finnlendska, Hyvää Päivää, fekk fyrst
minahuga, tí at, eh.. tað er nokkso lætt at fáa eyga á! So var er yvirraskað
av eisini at síggja Góðan Dag á har! Eg var ovurfegin av at síggja tað á eini
plansju/plakat vi einum 25 tungumálum á!

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com/search/label/Sightings%20Abroad%2FEygberingar%20Uttanlanda)

## 3/06/2009

###  [Danska
X-factor](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/danska-x-factor.html)

Sum nøkur av tykkum kanska vita, so hevur danska X-factor tey seinastu
fríggjakvøldini verið víst á DR1, og eisini forskotið á Sjónvarpi Føroya.
X-factor byrjaði í Danmark, síðsta ár, og kom so aftur í ár.

  
Grundin til at eg skrivi um tað danska X-factor er, at har er ein føroyingur
sum luttekur í har. Linda Andrews(listanavnið, veruliga navnið er Andreasen),
sum býr í Danmark, men er úr Føroyum, kom inn til audition, og fekk trý ja,
beinanvegin. Tú kans síggja tá Linda fer til Audition niðriundir her:

  
  
Danish X-Factor

  
As some of you perhaps know, the Danish show X-Factor has been shown the last
Friday evenings on DR1, and also broadcasted on the National Faroese
television. X-Factor began in Denmark, last year, and continued this year.

  
The reason that I write about the Danish X-Factor is that there is a Faroese
woman in it now. Linda Andrews (stage name , her real name is Andreasen), who
lives in Denmark, but is from the Faroe Islands, came in to the audition, and
got three yesses, immediately. You can see Linda in the audition below:

  
  
Hon slapp so víðari til Live-showini(Beinleiðis kappingarnar), og er
allatíðina komin víðari, eisini tá hon í kvøld sang Money, Money, Money hjá
ABBA. Allir luttakarirnir sungu ABBA sangir, tí tema'ið var "ABBA."

  
She went further to the Live shows, and is continuing to go further, and last
night she sang ABBA's Money, Money, Money. All the participants sang ABBA
songs, because the topic was ABBA.

  
Linda Andrews, Money, Money Money:

  
  
Tú kanst eisini síggja allar hinar sangirnir, sum Linda singur, í beinleiðis
kappingunum á Youtube. Her eru leinkini:

  
You can also see all of the songs Linda sings in the live shows on Youtube.
Here are the links:

  
[Live Show 1, Because of You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM0ayFRPM30)

[Live Show 2, Vårvise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQrrBsQSyVM)

[Live Show 3, You Can't Hurry
Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUEfbpccgYw)

  
Annars kann man siga um Lindu, at hon vaks upp í Havn(Tórshavn), og gekk nógv
í samkomum. Hon hevur havt eina samrøðu við Útvarpið, og hon liggur almenn á
netinum. Hon er í tveimum partum, tú kanst hoyra tær her: [Samrøða
1](http://www.kringvarp.fo/ra/Tilvera_210109.m3u) og [Samrøða
2](http://www.kringvarp.fo/ra/Tilvera_280109.m3u)

  
Other things that one can say about Linda, are that she grew up in Havn
(Tórshavn, we call it Havn locally), and was active in the Church community.
She has had an interview with Útvarpið(the National Faroese Radio), and that
interview is available online. The interview is in two parts, you can hear
them here: [Samrøða 1](http://www.kringvarp.fo/ra/Tilvera_210109.m3u) and
[Samrøða 2](http://www.kringvarp.fo/ra/Tilvera_280109.m3u)

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[Denmark/Danmørk](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Denmark%2FDanm%C3%B8
rk), [Music/Tónleikur](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Music%2FT%C3%B3
nleikur),
[TV/Sjónvarp](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/TV%2FSj%C3%B3nvarp)

## 3/05/2009

###  [Eitt sindur um meg sjálvan](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/eitt-
sindur-um-meg-sjalvan.html)

Nú er tíðin so komin til at eg nokk má skriva eitt sindur um meg sjálvan. Eg
eiti Uni, eri sekstan ár, og skrivi tað mesta av føroyska tekstinum á hesum
blogginum, og eitt sindur av tí enska. Mær dámar væl tungumál, teldur, og at
samskifta við onnur gjøgnum netið.

  
Eg og Miranda gjørdu av at gera hendan bloggin, eftir at hon ikki fann nakað
tilfar á netinum, at læra seg føroyskt við. Har eru ymisk tíðindi og annað á
netinum á føroyskum, men tað nyttar ikki nógv, um ein ikki skilur øll orðini,
sum standa á har. Vit gjørdu so hendan bloggin, soleiðis at onnur eisini kunnu
fáa nyttu burturúr honum.

  
Eg búgvi á næststørstu oynni í Føroyum, Eysturoy. Eg vaks partvís upp her, men
flutti tó til Tórshavnar í eitt tíðarskeið uppá 2½ ár, men flutti aftur í 3.
flokk. Eg arbeiði í løtuni á einum fiskavirki, í míni bygd, eftir lokna
skúlagongd(9 ár). Mítt arbeiði ger, at eg fái nógva tíð at standa og hugsa, so
kanska verður okkurt skriva á her, sum eg komi í tankar um, meðan eg arbeiði,
-men sum oftast ikki, tí eg gloymi tað bara! :(

  
Eg vóni at hendan verkætlanin fer at eydnast væl! Higartil sær tað út til at
gera júst tað, so takk fyri.. :)

  
---------------  
  
By now I think I must write a little bit about myself. My name is Uni, I'm
sixteen years old, and I am going to write most of the Faroese text on this
blog, and a little bit of the English as well. I really like languages,
computers, and to talk with people over the net.

  
Miranda and I decided to make this blog after she was unable to find good
materials for learning Faroese online. There are some news sites and other
things on the internet in Faroese, but it can be difficult to use them to
learn, if one doesn't know all of the words in the articles. We made the blog
for this reason, so that everyone can use it as she will.

  
I live in the second biggest island of the Faroes, Eysturoy. I grew up partly
here, but I also spent two and a half years in Tórshavn. I work in a fish
factory, in my village, after I quit school. While I work there, I have a lot
of time to think, so I plan to think of things to write about here.
Unfortunately, I often forget what I was planning to write about by the time I
get home!

  
I hope that this endeavor will go well! So far it seems as though people are
enjoying it. :) Thank you for reading!

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[The Blog/Bloggurin](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Blog%2FBlog
gurin), [The Writers/Skrivararnir](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/The
%20Writers%2FSkrivararnir),
[Tórshavn](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/T%C3%B3rshavn)

###  [The Faroe Islands in Panorama](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/faroe-
islands-in-panorama.html)

Myself, I haven't yet been to the Faroe islands. But this collection of
beautiful, high quality panoramas might just be the next best thing.

  
[http://www.360cities.net/area/faroe-islands](http://www.360cities.net/area
/faroe-islands)

  
It isn't the easiest site in the world to navigate, but start by clicking on
one of the thumbnails, look for the arrow hotspots, and explore. Some of the
panoramas show quaint little towns complete grass roofs, others show the
capital of Tórshavn, some little alleyways and backyards that make the Faroe
Islands seem real, and still others the sweeping and breathtakingly beautiful
Faroese landscape.

  
I spent about 10 minutes looking around, and picked some of my favourite
pictures to show.

  
---------------  
  
Føroyar í panorama

  
Eg sjálv havi ikki verið í Føroyum. Men hendan samlingin av vøkru og hágóðsku
myndunum kann væl vera tað næst besta!

  
[http://www.360cities.net/area/faroe-islands](http://www.360cities.net/area
/faroe-islands)

  
Tað er ikki tann lættasta síðani í verðini at reika á, men byrja við at trýsta
á tummilsmyndirnar, finn pílarnar, og reika víðari runt í panoramunum. Nøkur
av panoramunum vísa hugnaligar lítlar bygdir, hús við grastekjum, aðrar vísa
Tórshavn, høvuðsstaðin, og aftur aðrar vísa bergtakandi vakra landsskapið í
Føroyum.

  
Eg brúkti einar 10 minuttir uppá at hyggja runt, og valdi tær bestu burturúr,
at vísa her.

  
[![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/Sa8Zr9nPS2I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Ga4cJP6l7b0
/s320/Tinganes.jpg)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/Sa8Zr9nPS2I/AAAAAAA
AAR8/Ga4cJP6l7b0/s1600-h/Tinganes.jpg)Tinganes, Tórshavn

See the adorable grass roofs in an 'urban' environment! :D Too sweet!

Hygg at teimum hugnaligu grastekjunum í einum hugnaligum býarumhvørvi! :D Alt
ov fitt!

  
  
[![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/Sa8Z7FdC52I/AAAAAAAAASE/vwur2x6DW7g
/s320/Small.jpg)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/Sa8Z7FdC52I/AAAAAAAAAS
E/vwur2x6DW7g/s1600-h/Small.jpg)

Tinganes, Tórshavn

I felt like this screen captured so much about the small scale of the Faroe
Islands - there is just something extraordinary about the simple benches
outside of what is probably the most famous building in the Faroe Islands.

Eg kendi tað sum um hendan myndin fangaði so nógv um, hvussu lítlar Føroyar
eru - har er bara okkurt serligt um hasar einklu benkurnar uttanfyri tað, sum
nokk er kendasti bygningurin í Føroyum.

  
[![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/Sa8apAxoPyI/AAAAAAAAASM/E3cS_XidjYU
/s320/Pretty+Pink.jpg)](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/Sa8apAxoPyI/AAAA
AAAAASM/E3cS_XidjYU/s1600-h/Pretty+Pink.jpg)

Sandavagur

This little pink church is so sweet! And the low mountains around are also
lovely.

Henda lítla ljósareyða kirkjan er so søt! Og lágu fjøllini rundan um eru
eisini deilig.

  
  
And this one is my favourite: Near Bøur

If you enable 'hot spots' on the lefthand side, you can actually find the
arrows (this time they are on the road) and go to other Faroese panoramas
within the embedded player.

Og hetta er mín yndis: Nær við Bø

Um tú velur "hot spots" til vinstru, finnur tú faktiskt pílarnir (hesu ferð
eru teir á vegnum), og kanst fara til aðrar føroyskar panorama'ir, í sama
spælarinum.

  
  
[Near Bøur](http://www.360cities.net/image/near-bour-on-vagar-faroe-islands)
in [Faroe Islands](http://www.360cities.net/area/faroe-islands)

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ndscapes%2FLandsskap),
[Picture/Mynd](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Picture%2FMynd),
[Tórshavn](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/T%C3%B3rshavn), [Websites/H
eimasíður](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Websites%2FHeimas%C3%AD%C3%
B0ur)

## 3/03/2009

###  [Kavi!](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/kavi.html)

Tá eg vaknaði í morgun, heldur svøvntungur, og hugdi út gjøgnum vindeyga, og
sá hvussu ljóst tað var úti, serliga tí at fjøllini vóru kavaklødd, tá vaknaði
eg beinanvegin ordiliga, eg fekk eitt gott lag á! Eg plagi annars ikki vanliga
at gerast í so góðum hýri, so tíðliga á morgni; um tað var tí at eg hevði sovi
lutfallsliga leingi, ella tí at tað var ljóst og kavi úti, eitt boð um at
várið byrjar at nærkast, veit eg so ikki.

  
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Snow!

  
When I woke up this morning, kind of sleepy, and looked out through the
window, I saw how light it was outside, and especially how the mountains were
covered in snow, I actually woke up immediately, and I was in a great mood!
I'm not normally, so early in the morning, so I don't know whether it was
because I had slept comparatively late, or because it was so light and snowy
outside, or whether it was a message that spring is coming...

  
  

[![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WPhM29EIsKU/Sa25tL7f3-I/AAAAAAAAAGs/PS2ZmdCnS1k
/s400/SNC00088.jpg)](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WPhM29EIsKU/Sa25tL7f3-I/AAAAAAA
AAGs/PS2ZmdCnS1k/s1600-h/SNC00088.jpg)

  
Eg tók eina mynd, beint tá eg kom úr arbeiði; tá varð nakað av kavanum longu
bráðnaður.

I took a picture, on my way home from work; a lot of the snow had melted.

  

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FN%C3%A1tt%C3%BAra),
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[Spring/Vár](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Spring%2FV%C3%A1r),
[Winter/Vetur](http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Winter%2FVetur)

###  [Slideshow](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/slideshow.html)

I would like to display a slideshow of pictures of the Faroe Islands on the
right hand navigation bar. I think we're going to use Flickr for this, and I
have made an account for such a purpose. I think it may take a while for new
pictures to go completely through the system, though, so for now it is
displaying Flickr photos with the keyword "The Faroe Islands".

  
Any ideas for what sort of pictures should be displayed? Should we switch it
out once in a while or work on building a large and diverse collection of
beautiful pictures?

  
-------------  
  
"Myndir"

  
Eg hevði viljað víst eitt slideshow av myndum av Føroyum á navigatión-barrini
til høgru. Eg haldi at vit fara at nýta Flickr til tað, og havi eg tí gjørt
eina kontu har inni. Eg haldi tó at tað tekur eina løtu hjá nýggjum myndum at
fara ígjøgnum alla skipanina, so fyri fyrst, vísur tað Flickr myndir við
leitiorðunum "The Faroe Islands"

  
Nøkur hugskot til hvørji sløg av myndum skulu verða vístar? Burdu vit skift
tað út onkuntíð innímillum, ella arbeiða við at byggja eina stóra og breiða
samling av vøkrum myndum?

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20Blog%2FBloggurin)

###  [Introducing Myself](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/introducing-
myself.html)

Hello everyone, my name is Miranda Metheny, I am from the Midwestern United
States, and I am the perhaps unlikely second contributor to this blog. It's a
bit sad that Elindomiel comes before Roskur in the alphabet, and therefore in
the listing of this blog's authors, because this is Uni's blog far more than
it is mine. As stated in our header, the primary goal of this blog is to raise
awareness and appreciation for "the enchanting people, language, culture, and
landscapes of the Faroe Islands." The blog will be updated bilingually in both
English and Faroese, and so it could be said that a secondary goal of the blog
is to provide relevant reading material for Faroese learners, with an English
translation. As Uni is actually a native of the Faroe Islands, and speaks the
language fluently, this is primarily his project, and he will be doing most of
the posting.

  
My role, then, is mainly as an assistant translator. Although Uni's English is
quite good, I will occasionally be touching it up here and there, or, if the
subject is complex or he is busy, even doing the English translation as best I
can. My Faroese isn't very good yet, but I hope that it will improve through
helping with this project. Occasionally I will also post my own pieces -
generally about Faroese things that may be available or have an impact outside
of the islands themselves. For example, I may write about a Faroese CD
available in the United States, or what resources a foreigner has to teaching
himself the language. If I hear mention of the Faroes in our media here, and
you can be sure that I am listening, then I will make note of it. In any of
these situations, our translation roles will naturally be reversed.

  
Now that the purpose of the blog, and our contributions to it, have been
outlined, I'd like to briefly introduce myself as a human being. :) I am a
Journalism, International Studies, and Spanish major in University, and wish I
could major in Anthropology and Linguistics as well. My dream job is to become
a sort of anthropological journalist, but we'll see. Another idea that appeals
to me is teaching Spanish in Norway. I enjoy outdoors activities such as
hiking and canoeing, as well as reading, writing, and learning languages. And
of course, I love to travel and learn about the world.

  
Well, that's all for now! I am looking forward to helping with this blog, and
I hope that our readers, rather loyal followers or those who drop in a single
time from Google, find something here to be worthwhile - whether it intrigues
their curiosity, opens their mind, or fills their heart with a greater
appreciation for the beauty of one of the world's less known locales - The
Faroe Islands.

  
--------------  
  
Greiða eitt sindur frá mær sjálvari

  
Hey øll somul, eg eiti Miranda Metheny, eri frá Miðvestur Sambandsríkinum
Amerika, og eg eri nokk ein ósanssýnligur annar skrivari á hesum bloggi. Tað
er eitt sindur keðiligt, at Elindomiel kemur áðrenn Roskur í bókstavaraðnum,
og tí eisini í listanum yvir skrivarar á hesum bloggi, tí hetta er meira
bloggurin hjá Una, en tað er hjá mær. Sum sagt í okkara teksthøvdi, so er
høvuðsmálið á hesum bloggi, at fáa sett meira ljós á og virðismett "tað
bergtakandi fólkið, málið, mentanina, og landslagið í Føroyum" meira.
Bloggurin verður dagførdur tvímæltur, bæði á enskum og á føroyskum; so tað
kann sigast, at tað næsta málið á hesum bloggi, er at veita relevant lesievni
fyri fólk, sum læra seg føroyskt, tí hann eisini hevur eina enska týðing. Og
av tí at Uni faktiskt er ein upprunaføroyingur, og tosar málið flótandi, er
hetta fyrst og fremst hansara verkætlan, og fer hann tí at skriva mest á her.

  
Mín rolla, er so fyrst og fremst at vera ein hjálpar týðari/umsetari. Sjálvt
um Uni dugir rímiliga væl at tosa og skriva enskt, so fari eg onkuntíð at
rætta tað eitt lítið sindur, ella, um evnið er innvikklað ella um hann hevur
nógv at gera, kanska gera alla ensku týðingina, so gott eg klári. Eg dugi ikki
so væl at tosa føroyskt enn, men eg vóni at tað fer at betrast við at hjálpa
hesi verkætlan. Onkuntíð fari eg tó eisini at skriva míni egnu innlegg - sum
oftast um føroysk ting, sum ein kanska fer at fáa fatur á, ella sum hava eina
ávirkan uttanfyri sjálvar føroyar. Til dømis, kann eg skriva um eina føroyska
fløgu, sum ein kann ogna sær í USA, ella onnur hjálpartól/-lutir, útlendarir
hava at læra seg sjálvi málið. Um eg hoyri okkurt um Føroyar í fjølmiðlunum
her, og tú kanst vera vísur í at eg lurti, so skrivi eg um tað. Í øllum hesum
støðum, verða okkara týðara-rollur sjálvandi býttar um.

  
Nú, tá endamálið á blogginum, og skrivarirnir á honum, eru greinaðir stutt,
hevði eg kunnað hugsað mær, stutt at siga eitt sindur um meg sjálva. Eg havi
tíðindalærugrein, Altjóða Lesnaðir og spanskt sum høvuðslærugreinir á
fróðskaparsetri(universiteti), og hevði vilja, at eg eisini hevði mannfrøði og
málfrøði sum høvuðslærugreinir. Mítt dreymaarbeiði er at gerast eitt slag av
mannfrøðiligum tíðindafólki, men vit fara at síggja. Eitt annað hugskot, sum
mær dámar, er at vera spansktlærari í Noregi. Mær dámar uttandura ítriv, so
sum at ferðast til gongu og at rógva í kano, somuleiðis eisini at lesa, skriva
og læra mál. Og so sjálvandi elski eg eisini at ferðast og læra um heimin.

  
Náh men, hatta var alt fyribils! Eg gleði meg til at hjálpa við hesum bloggi,
og eg vóni, at okkara lesarir, heldur trúgvu fylgjarir, ella tey, ið detta
inná gólvið eina ferð frá Google, finna okkurt, sum er tað vert - um tað so
hugbindur teirra forvitni, setur hugsanir í verk, ella fyllir teirra hjørtu
við einum størri virðismeting av vakurleikanum í einum av heimsins minni kendu
støðum - Føroyum.

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###  [Føroyskt og enskt!](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/03/froyskt-ogand-
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Eg ætli mær at skriva øll innlegg bæði á føroyskum, og á enskum.. Eg veit bara
ikki rættiliga, hvussu eg skal gera hetta. Kanska sum eg havi gjørt í hesum
innleggi?.. Nøkur hugskot?

  
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Faroese and English!

  
I'm planning to write each blog post in both Faroese and English... I just
don't really know how to do it. Maybe the same way, as I've done in this blog
post? Any suggestions?

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## 3/01/2009

###  [Nú havi eg so upprættað mær ein
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blogg.html)

Nú havi eg enduliga upprættað mær ein blogg! Eg havi faktiskt hugsa leingi um
tað, men havi ikki fingið gongd á, fyrrenn nú! :P

Nú má eg so líka finna útav øllum inniá her.. Skrivi meira seinni! síggjast!
;)

  
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Now I have made a blog!

  
Now I have finally made a blog! I have actually thought about doing so for a
while, but I haven't tried before now! :D

Now I must figure out how all of this works... I'll write more later!

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## 4/24/2009

###  [Fráboðan um frítíðarløn](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/04/fraboan-um-
fritiarln.html)

Í dag, tá eg var komin heim úr arbeiði, og komin undan brúsuni, sá eg eitt
bræv liggja á skriviborðinum í kamari mínum. "Fráboðan um frítíðarløn" stóð
á.. Eg hugsaði bara, jubii!.. :D

  
Eg havi ongantíð arbeitt so nógv áður, at eg havi fingið munandi nøgdir av
peningi í frítíðarløn. Hetta er eisini fyrsta árið, at eg havi arbeitt so at
siga hvønn dag (tó bert síðani aftaná summarfrítíðina).

  
Eitt tað fyrsta, sum eg legði til merkis, var at tekstirnir á brævinum stóðu
bæði á føroyskum, og á enskum.[![](http://www.taks.fo/graphics/interface/pic_3
2.gif)](http://www.taks.fo/graphics/interface/pic_32.gif) -nokk grunda av at
tað búgva alt fleiri útlendingar í Føroyum, enn tað hava gjørt. Síðst eg
minnist, so stóð teksturin ikki tvímæltur á tílíkum brøvum.. :P

  
Frítíðarlønin í Føroyum er skipað á tann hátt, at so hvørt ein, ið er
tímaløntur, tjenar pening á einhvørjum arbeiði, verða 12% lagt afturat, og
skattað verður av øllum tí. Tey tólv prosentini verða síðani flutt í ein
frítíðarlønargrunn, hvaðani øll fáa lønina útgoldna tann 1. mai.

  
Annaðleiðis er tó við teimum fastløntu. Tey fáa fimm viku frítíð - við løn,
pluss umleið 1%, sum fer ígjøgnum somu áðurnevndu skipan.

  
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Notification about Holiday Allowance

  
Today, when I arrived back home from work, and had come out of the shower, I
saw a letter lying on the desk in my room. "Notification about Holiday
Allowance," there stood.. and I just thought, jubii!.. :D

  
I have never worked that much before that I have gotten a reasonable amount of
money in Holiday Allowance. After all, this is the first year that I have
worked like, everyday (although, only since last summer).

  
One of the first things that I noticed, was that the texts in the letter were
in both Faroese, and in English. -probably because the fact that there are
living more and more foreigners in the Faroes. Of what I can recall, the text
wasn't bilingual on such letters.. :P

  
The Holiday Allowance is made in this way in the Faroe Islands: Whenever one
person who gets hourly pay, gets paid from work, there will be added 12% to
that amount, and then the taxes will be drawn off. Those twelve percent will
then be moved into a "Holiday Allowance Account," wherefrom everyone get their
Holiday Allowance paid out on 1st of may.

  
Though, there's a difference with those who get a monthly pay. They get 5
weeks vacation - with allowance(with pay), pluss around 1%, which goes through
the same system as the one above.

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## 4/18/2009

###  [Páskirnar í
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Eg fari her at skriva rímiliga stutt um páskirnar í Føroyum. (Og orsaka fyri
ikki at skriva nakað rímiliga leingi!)

  
Í skúlunum í Føroyum fáa børn páskafrítið, tá páskirnar eru - ístaðin fyri at
tey fáa várfrítíð sum børnini fáa í USA. Børnini fáa frí frá vikuskiftinum
áðrenn páskirnar, og til týsdagin aftaná páskirnar. Vikan áðrenn páskini
verður kallað "Stillavika," og tá skal eingin larma. Í stilluviku fyrr, var
púra kvirt úti, eingin gekk úti og spældi, ella gjørdi eitthvørt, ið larmaði;
men nú er hendan vikan júst sum allar aðrar vikur her, í Føroyum.

  
Øll hini, sum t.d. arbeiða og tílíkt, fáa frí hósdagin áðrenn páskirnar, og
til týsdagin, tá tey fara aftur til arbeiðis. Tann hósdagurin og
fríggjadagurin eru halgidagar, og eita ávíkavist skírisdagur og langi
fríggjadagur. Sunnudagurin er 1. páskadagur og mánadagin er 2.

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eggs.com/images/maxi_kinder_eggs.jpg)](http://www.kinder-surprise-
eggs.com/images/maxi_kinder_eggs.jpg)

Vit fáa sjálvandi eisini páskaregg á páskum. Tey eru sjálvandi øll innflutt,
frá Danmark og Onglandi. Tó er/var ein lítil sjokolátuhandil í Havn, har eg
haldi at ein kann keypa føroysk páskaregg, hóðast tað er óvanligt. Í ár keypti
eg eitt páskaregg, ið líkist tí størra av hesum:

  
Annars eru eisini onnur sløg, so sum Cadburry og Nestle.. :P[![](http://www.bo
ttledandboxed.com/UserFiles/Image/main/cadbury_easter.jpg)](http://www.bottled
andboxed.com/UserFiles/Image/main/cadbury_easter.jpg)

  
Vit rulla eisini páskaregg, sum vit kóka og mála. Her er eitt dømi av málaðum
eggum, ið eg fann á netinum:

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Hesi eggini plagdu vit at rulla oman gjøgnum brekkurnar, inntil tey brotnaðu;
tó lótu vit nøkur vera eftir, til at eta.. ;)

  
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Easter in the Faroe Islands

  
I'm going to write rather short about easter in the Faroe Islands. (And I'm
sorry for not writing anything for fairly long!)

  
In the schools in the Faroe Islands, the children get "easter-holidays,"
during easter - instead of the vecation that is in the USA, the spring holiday
or something. The children don't have school from the weekend before easter,
and untill the tuesday after easter. The week before easter is called "silent
week," and during it, no one should make noise. In the old days, no one would
make aany noise during "silent week." No one would be outside playing, or do
something that would make noise; but nowadays, this week is just like every
other week here, in the Faroe Islands.

  
Everybody else, who for example work and stuff like that, get days off, from
Thursday before easter and till Tuesday after easter. That Thursday and Friday
are (halgidagar), and are called "Skírisdagur" and "Langi fríggjadagur(Long
Friday)". The Sunday is 1st easter day, and Monday the 2nd easter day.

  
Of course, we also get easter eggs on easter. They are all, of course,
imported from mainly Denmark or the UK. Althought there is/was a small
chocolate shop in Tórshavn, where I think one could buy Faroese easter eggs,
though it is unusual. This year, I bought a easter egg, which looks like the
larger one on the picture.

  
Well, we also have other kinds of easter eggs, like the ones on the 2nd
picture.

  
We also roll easter eggs, which we boil and paint. On the 3rd picture, you can
see a picture of painted eggs that I found online.

  
We used to roll those eggs down the hills, untill they fell apart; and we also
kept some to eat.. ;)

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## 4/03/2009

###  [1. apríl í
Føroyum](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/04/1-april-i-froyum.html)

Ja, 1. apríl verður "hildið" í Føroyum, og er hetta ein sera stuttligur
dagur!.. :D

  
Útvarpið plagar oftani at senda "1. apríl." Eitt árið minnist eg, at teir
søgdu í útvarpinum, at ein ísbjørn úr Grønlandi var á veg til Føroyar, á einum
ísflaka. Útvarpið hótti á fólk um at vera til reiðar at skjóta bjørnina, um
hon rak á land í Føroyum, soleiðis at eingin mannskaði varð av henni. So menn
fóru oman til strondina við byrsu í hond, men har kom eingin bjørn.. xD

  
Í ár søgdu teir okkurt við at Bill Clinton hevði fingið flagtekju á
summarhúsini, og høvdu kanningar longu víst, at orkusparingar vóru á 32%! Og
nú varð farið undir at leggja flag frá Kirkjubø á Hvítu Húsini í Washington.
haha! :D

  
Tú kanst lurta eftir øllum tíðindunum
[her!](http://www.kringvarp.fo/ra/0104091220.m3u) "1. apríl" er á umleið 16:05
;)

  
--------------------------------------  
  
"April Fools" in the Faroe Islands

  
Yes, "April's fool" is !celebrated" in the Faroe Islands, and it really is a
very funny day!.. :D

  
The National Radio often sends "April's fool." One year, I remember that they
told people on the radio that a Polar bear was floating around on it's way to
the Faroes, on an iceberg. The Radio told people to be ready to shoot the
bear, if the ice pack came to the Faroese shore, so that no one would get
hurt. So men went down to the shore with rifles in their hands, but the bear
never came.. xD

  
This year, they said something about Bill Clinton had gotten grass roof on his
summer cabin, and that tests had already shown that powersavings were on 32%!
And now they were beginning to lay grass, from Kirkjubøur in the Faroes, on
the White House in Washington D.C. haha :D

  
You can listen to all the news in where this article was in,
[here!](http://www.kringvarp.fo/ra/0104091220.m3u) "April Fools" is on around
16:05 ;)

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## 4/01/2009

###  [A Brief History of Flight in the
Faroes](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/04/brief-history-of-flight-in-
faroes.html)

Stutt um Flúgving í Føroyum

  
[![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/SdL6b9TS9dI/AAAAAAAAAWI/ou8GBU7DKEw
/s320/Viking+copy.jpg)](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/SdL6b9TS9dI/AAAA
AAAAAWI/ou8GBU7DKEw/s1600-h/Viking+copy.jpg)Around 650 A.D., the Vikings came
to the Faroe Islands. What many people do not know is that on these islands
they faced a unique problem - the rough seas and treacherous coastlines of the
Faroe Islands prevented them from safely approaching with their boats. In
order to solve this problem, the Vikings developed a primitive method of
flying, similar in theory to berserking. Originally they had to take off from
cliffs, and flew only short distances to their ships in the ocean.

---  
Í umleið 650 e.kr.f., komu víkingar til Føroyar. Tað sum nógv fólk ikki vita,
er at teir á hesum oyggjunum komu fram á ein serstakan trupulleika - harði
sjógvurin og hættisliga landsleiðin í Føroyum gjørdi sum teir ikki trygt kundu
leggja at landi við bátum teirra. Fyri at loysa henda trupulleikan, útviklaðu
víkingarnir eitt frumkent slag av flúgving, sum í ástøðini líkist berserkini.
Upprunaliga flugu teir einans suttar teinar til teirra skip á havinum.

  
  
[![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/SdL6Zev_c9I/AAAAAAAAAWA/jOUMbcNM3io
/s320/Teaching+Puffins+to+Fly+copy.jpg)](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0
/SdL6Zev_c9I/AAAAAAAAAWA/jOUMbcNM3io/s1600-h/Teaching+Puffins+to+Fly+copy.jpg)
Have you ever wondered why puffins can fly, while penguins can't? The answer
to this is obvious, once you understand that Faroese people have been flying
for more than a thousand years! They taught the puffins to fly.

---  
Hevur tú nakrantíð ivast í, hví lundar kunnu flúgva, meðan pingvinir ikki
kunnu? Svarið á hesum er týðiligt, tá tú veist at føroyingar hava flogið í
yvir túsund ár! Teir lærdu lundarnir at flúgva.

  
  
[![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/SdL6VkCt5nI/AAAAAAAAAV4/Q0PpSDjhF0k
/s320/Umbrella+Launch+copy.jpg)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/SdL6VkC
t5nI/AAAAAAAAAV4/Q0PpSDjhF0k/s1600-h/Umbrella+Launch+copy.jpg)In the year
1912, the Faroese developed the Umbrella Launch, a safer way to take off than
the age old method of launching off a cliff. This development made flight far
safer, and made it possible for all sorts of people to learn to fly.

---  
Í 1912, útviklaðu føroyingar Regnskjólauppsendingina, ein tryggari háttur at
fara á flog, enn aldargamli hátturin, at fara á flog av einum bergi. Hendan
útviklingin gjørdi flúgving nógv tryggari, og gjørdi tað eisini møguligt hjá
(næstan) einhvørjum at læra at flúgva.

  
  
[![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/SdL6Ry2GQ5I/AAAAAAAAAVw/7RlTY7GB-hI
/s320/Just+Sum+Allir+copy.jpg)](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PUgF31I4_g0/SdL6Ry2G
Q5I/AAAAAAAAAVw/7RlTY7GB-hI/s1600-h/Just+Sum+Allir+copy.jpg)In the 1950's, a
flight school was developed in Vágar. Nowadays young Faroese travel to the
flight school with their classes to recieve safety lessons and a flight
certificate.

  
This advertisement, published circa 1960, says, "Just as all Faroese can fly!
- Vágar Flightschool"

---  
Í 1950'unum, varð ein flúgviskúli gjørdur í Vágunum. Nú á døgum ferðast
føroyskir ungdómar til Flogskúlan við flokki sínum, fyri at fáa trygdarskeið
og eitt flogprógv.

  
Hendan lýsingin varð lýst í umleið 1960. Rætting til tekst á mynd: "Júst sum
allir føroyingar duga at flúgva! Vágar Flogskúli"

  
  
  
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

  
Before you get too bent out of shape, please check the date. ;)

---  
Áðrenn tú gerst ov ovfarin, vinarliga hygg at dagfestingini. ;)

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## 5/16/2009

###  [Ruddingardagur](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/05/ruddingardagur.html)

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kommununi fara út at rudda rusk úr náttúruni.

  
Tað eru nógvar kommunur í Føroyum, sum hava ruddingardag. Á ruddingardegnum í
Eysturkommunu(har eg búgvi), varð fyrst farið yvir í skúlan til kaffi/saft og
rundstykkir kl. 8:30. Farið varð so at rudda ymsastaðnið í kommununi. Tá
ruddingin varð liðug, varð farið á fótbóltsvøllin at grilla, og hugna sær
saman. Hvørt húski, ið luttekur í ruddingini, fær so 3 træplantur í potti.

  
Veðrið var so ótrúliga gott, at tað kundi næstan ikki verið betri! Sól, 14
stig og eitt lítið lot.. :D

  
-----------------------------------------  
  
"Clearing"-day

  
Today is clearing day(cleaning outside, making it tidy?), where both young and
old people in the municipality go outside to take up garbage in the nature.

  
There are many municipalities in the Faroe Islands which have "clearing-day."
On the "clearing-day" in East-municipality(where I live), people first went
over to the school for coffee/lemonade and morning buns at 8:30 AM. Then there
was cleaned different places in the municipality. When the clearing was done,
people headed for the football field to barbeque, and have a great time
together. Every family(/house) who attended in the clearing/cleaning, then got
3 treeplants in pots.

  
The weather was so incrediblely great that it almost couldn't have been
better! Sun, 14 degrees Celsius, and a light breeze.. :D

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## 5/14/2009

###  [ALS, ein hin besta skipanin í
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Eg hoyrdi í tíðindunum í dag, at broytingarnar í ALS skipanini nú eru
samtyktar. Og eftirsum at fíggjastøðan í heiminum er sum hon her, so skrivi eg
stutt um broytingarnar her.. :P

  
Við broytingunum í ALS skipanini verður útgjaldið 80% av a-inntøkuni fyrsta
árið, og loftið sett til 20.000 krónur um mánaðin, ímóti góðum 12.000 krónum
áður. Annað árið lækkar útgjaldið niður í 75%, og loftið verður 18.750 krónur.
Loftið verður væl betri enn í hinum Norðurlondunum. Loftið í Danmark er 17.000
krónur um mánaðin, og í øðrum Norðurlondum er tað uppaftur lægri.

  
Áðrenn broytingarnar rindaði ALS um 50 milliónir krónur út um árið, og hækka
tær upp í einar 90 milliónir krónur aftaná broytingarnar.
ALS(ArbeiðsLoysisSkipanin) hevði fyri einum 10 árum síðani hall, men hava
spart í góðum tíðum, og eru nú klár at gjalda út aftur, nú heldur ringari
tíðir eru. ALS hevur nú um 700 milliónir krónur á bók. Og arbeiðsloysið í mars
2009 var 3,4%(955 fólk, 554 mannfólk og 401 konufólk).

  
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---------------------------------  
  
ALS, one of the best systems in the world

  
I heard on the news today that the changes in the ALS system are now passed.
And because of the Global Crisis is as it is, I'm going to write shortly about
the changes here.. :P

  
With the changes in the ALS system, the "payment" will be 80% of the [income
taxed at source] the first year, and the maximum wage DKK 20,000 a month,
while it was around DKK 12,000 before. On the 2nd year of unemployment, the
"payment" decreases to 75%, and the maximum wage will be DKK 18,750. The
maximum wage will be better than in the other Northern Countries. The maximum
wage in Denmark is DKK 17,000 a month, and in other Northern Countries, it's
even less than that.

  
ALS paid out around DKK 50,000,000 a year, and will this number increase to
around DKK 90,000,000 a year after the changes. ALS(the Unemployment System)
had for around 10 years ago nothing, but have saved up in the good times, and
are now ready to pay back out, now when worse times are(..?). ALS does
currently have around DKK 700,000,000 "in the bank". And the unemployment rate
in mars 2009, was 3,4%(955 people, 554 of them were men and 401 women).

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hin-besta-skipanin-i-heiminum.html) [1
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%C3%9Atvarpi%C3%B0), [the Faroe Islands/Føroyar](http://roskur.blogspot.com/se
arch/label/the%20Faroe%20Islands%2FF%C3%B8royar), [Unemployment/Arbeiðsloysi](
http://roskur.blogspot.com/search/label/Unemployment%2FArbei%C3%B0sloysi)

## 5/10/2009

###  [Umhvørvisvikan í
Tórshavn](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/05/umhvrvisvikan-i-torshavn.html)

[![](http://www.torshavn.fo/SiteFiles/Public/1/Temp/57124366-aa44-412c-91be-8d
c50e20ecd7.jpg)](http://www.torshavn.fo/SiteFiles/Public/1/Temp/57124366-aa44
-412c-91be-8dc50e20ecd7.jpg)Umhvørvisvika var í Tórshavn í døgunum 4. til 10.
maj. Endamálið við umhvørvisvikuni var at varpa meira ljós á umhvørvið. Temaið
í umhvørvisvikuni í ár var Orka.

  
Í sambandi við umhvørvisvikuna gjørdi klippfisk fýra stuttfilmar, ið allir
viðgjørdu evnið, "Soleiðis spara vit orku!"

  
Her eru leinkini til teir fýra stuttfilmarnir hjá Klippfiski:

  
[Ovurnýtsla/endurnýtsla](http://mess.fo/sv/view/37) - Um ovurnýtslu og
endurnýtslu, tveir háttir at liva uppá ;)

  
[Emballaga](http://mess.fo/sv/view/36) - Um hvussu langa tíð tað tekur
náttúruni at bróta niður ymisk tilfør

  
[Alternativur fluttningur](http://mess.fo/sv/view/38) - Um heldur at nýta
bussar ístaðin fyri bilar

  
[Alternativ orka](http://mess.fo/sv/view/35) - Um at nýta orku, ið á annan
hátt bara fer til spillis.. xD

  
------------------------------------  
  
Environment Week in Torshaven

  
There was an environment week in Tórshavn on the days, 4th to 10th of may. The
purpose of the environment week was to make more people notice the
environment. The theme of the environment week this year was "Energy."

  
Because of the environment week, Klippfisk(an shortfilm/movie-thing on the
Faroes) made four shortmovies which all had the subject: "This is how we save
energy!"

  
Here are the links for Klippfisk's four shortfilms:

  
[Using too much/recycling](http://mess.fo/sv/view/37) - About using too much,
and recycling - two ways of life ;)

  
[Emballage](http://mess.fo/sv/view/36) - About how long it takes nature to
"dissolve" different types of stuff

  
[Alternative movement](http://mess.fo/sv/view/38) - About using busses instead
of cars

  
[Alternative energy](http://mess.fo/sv/view/35) - About using energy, which
otherwise would not be used.. xD

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## 5/01/2009

###  [Til reiðar til svínakrím](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/05/til-reiar-
til-svinakrim.html)

Tit hava nokk øll hoyrt um hættisliga svínakrímið, sum herjar í Meksiko, Suður
Amerika, og sum nú er komið eysturum Atlantshavið, til Evropa, har man hevur
funnið tilburðir av svínakrími í millum annað Týsklandi og Spania.

  
Her er ein tíðindastubbi frá føroyska tíðindaportalinum, portal.fo:

  
Til reiðar til svínakrím

  
Føroyski pandemibólkurin hevur viðgjørt støðuna, um svínakrím skuldi breitt
seg til Føroya

Stig fyri stig viðgjørdi bólkurin tilbúgvingarætlanina, soleiðis at full semja
var um hvussu krímið skal handfarast í Føroyum. Limirnir í bólkinum fingu í
felag endurtikið, hvønn leiklut teir ymsu myndugleikarnir hava í
tilbúgvingarætlanini, og møgulig ivamál vóru greidd.

  
Niðurstøðan er, at sum heild er støðan góð í Føroyum, og um so er, at H1N1
verður staðfest, so eru myndugleikarnir tilbúnir. Føroyar hava nógvan
sonevndan antiviralan heilivág (t.d. tamiflu) á goymslu til at fyribyrgja og
viðgera svínakrím við. Í løtuni kunnu vit viðgera yvir 30% av Føroya fólki,
sum er meira enn fleiri av okkara grannalondum, og sum verður mett at verða
ríkiligt í sambandi við eina pandemistøðu. Harumframt hava Føroyar í samstarvi
við Statens Serum Institut, eins og Danmark, fingið vaccinutrygd til umleið
helmingin av føroyingum.

------------------------------------------- 

Ready for swine flu

You have all probably heard about the bad swine flu, which is attacking in
Mexico and South America. It has now also come over the Atlantic Ocean, and to
Europe, where there has been found cases of swine flu in Germany and Spain,
and other places.

Here is a news article from the Faroese newsportal, portal.fo:

The Faroese pandemic group has discussed the situation, if the swine flu
should come to the Faroe Islands.

Step by step, the group discussed the safety measures, so that everyone agreed
on how the flu shall be treated in the Faroe Islands. The members in the group
were together told once again, which role the different authoroties have in
the safety measures, and possible disputed points were solved.

The conclusion is that the situation in the Faroe Islands is pretty good. And
if the H1N1 flu gets confirmed to be here, then the auhoroties will be ready.
The Faroe Islands have a lot of the so called antiviral medecine(f.ex.
tamiflu) in stock for preventing and treating the swine flu with. At the
moment we can treat over 30% of the Faroese people, which is more than a lot
of the neighbour countries can, and is more than thought being enough to treat
a pandemic situation. In addition to that, the Faroe Islands, in co-operation
with "the State Serum Institute," have, just like Denmark, gotten vaccination
security for around half of the Faroe Islanders.

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## 6/27/2009

###  [Summarið er komið](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/06/summari-er-
komi.html)

Vit hava nú havt sól og summar í tríggir dagar á rað! Hitin hevur ligið um tey
20 stigini. Í Føroyum er tað sera heitt, tá hitin er um 20 stig, og tá fara
næstan øll útum at njóta hendan deiliga hitan, og at hugna sær saman við
vinfólki og familju. Nøkur seta seg bert útum at fáa sær eitt prát, onnur fara
at grilla, og nøkur fara á sandin, at "sóla" sær, og at hava tað stuttligt. Og
kanska onkur fer ein lítlan svimjitúr í sjónum, eisini? :P

  
Skýggj vóru næstan ikki at síggja á himmalinum - sjálvur taldi eg eitt
einstakt. Tað er ikki ofta at so gott veður er í Føroyum, og tí eru vit øll
sera takksom og royna at njóta hvønn ein góðveðursdag, ið kemur.

  
---------------------------------  
  
Summer has come

  
We've had a sun for three days in a row now! The temperature has been around
20 degrees Celcius(68 F). That's warm in the Faroe Islands, and almost
everybody go outside to enjoy the nice heat, and to enjoy themselves together
with friends and family. Some just sit down outside and have a talk, others
barbecue, and some go on the beach to "tan" themselves, and have some fun. And
maybe some take a little swim into the ocean, as well? :P

  
There were almost no clouds in the air - I, myself, could only count one
single cloud. It's not often that we have such good weather in the Faroes, and
we are therefor all very grateful and try to enjoy all the days with good
weather, that comes along.

  

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## 6/21/2009

###  [New books for foreigners learning
Faroese!](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-books-for-foreigners-
learning.html)

(Faroese version taken from the Faroese news portal,
[portal.fo](http://www.portal.fo/), and translated by Roskur)

  
"Now two books will be published for foreigners, who speak English, and want
to learn Faroese.

  
It's two doctors in linguistics/philology that have written these books. One
of the books is a grammar book with 300 pages, and the other one is a 400 page
textbook, wherein the reader is led slowly into the modern Faroese community.
All the explanations are in English, but there are a lot of conversations in
Faroese.

  
These Faroese conversations are recorded and burnt onto a CD, which is
included in the book, so that the reader can listen to good Faroese, and in
this way inform themselves on the Faroese language, in both written and spoken
Faroese.

  
The men who have made the books are Hjalmar P. Petersen from Sandavágur, who
is a doctor in lingustics from the University in Hamborg, and Jonathan Adams,
who is English and a doctor in linguistics from the University in Hull. They
have been working on this project for a long time, and have been using the
materials when they have taught foreigners in the Faroese summer classes on
the Faroese University(Fróskaparsetrið). These materials have awaken a lot of
attention and interest, which is the reason for them being published now."

  
I've been doing some research, and it looks like the books are called:_

_Faroese: A Language Course for Beginners - Textbook. With CD. Stiðin, 2009.

Faroese: A Language Course for Beginners - Grammar. Stiðin, 2009.

  
-----------------------------  
  
Nýggjar bøkur fyri útlendingar, ið læra seg føroyskt!

  
(Tikið frá føroysku tíðindasíðuni, [portal.fo](http://www.portal.fo/))

  
"Nú koma út tvær bøkur fyri útlendingar, sum duga enskt og vilja læra
føroyskt.

Tað eru tveir doktarar í málfrøði, sum hava skrivað tær. Onnur er ein mállæra
við 300 síðum, og hin er ein 400-síðu lærubók, har næmingurin verður leiddur
so við og við inn í tað nútíðar føroyska samfelagið. Allar frágreiðingarnar
eru á enskum, men har eru samrøður í hópatali á føroyskum.

  
Hesar samrøður eru tiknar upp og lagdar inn á eina fløgu, sum er í bókini, so
tað ber til hjá næmingunum at hoyra gott føroyskt, og á tann hátt at kunna seg
við mál okkara bæði í skrift og talu.

  
Teir, sum hava gjørt bókina, eru Hjalmar P. Petersen úr Sandavági, sum er
doktari í málfrøði frá universitetinum í Hamborg, og Jonathan Adams, sum er
eingilsmaður og doktari í málfrøði frá universitetinum í Hull. Teir hava
leingi arbeitt við hesum verki, og hava brúkt tað í frálæruni, sum hevur verið
fyri útlendingar á sumri á Fróðskaparsetrinum. Hetta tilfar hevur vakt miklan
ans, og tí verður tað nú givið út."

  
Eg havi kannað málið eitt sindur, og tað sær út sum um bøkurnar eita:

Faroese: A Language Course for Beginners - Textbook. With CD. Stiðin, 2009.

Faroese: A Language Course for Beginners - Grammar. Stiðin, 2009.

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## 6/14/2009

###  [Question Time with Miranda: Issue
One](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/06/question-time-with-miranda-issue-
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Miranda: I have to do a school project on the Pharaoh Island. I heard, that
you live there! Can you help me?

  
Uni: Oh, hello Miranda, nice to meet you. If you mean the Faroe Islands, I
will happily help you.

  
Miranda: I don't know how you spell it, sorry!! But thank you for helping me!
This is the first time I ever heard of the Faroe Island. Is it in the Nile?

  
Uni: No problem! No, the Faroe Islands aren't in the Nile, although it could
sure sound that way. The Faroe Islands are actually located in the middle of
the North Atlantic sea, north of Scotland, between Iceland and Norway

  
Miranda: Oh! I found it on the map, here! I never noticed it before!

  
[![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2
/Map_of_faroe_islands_in_europe_-
_english_caption.png)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2
/Map_of_faroe_islands_in_europe_-_english_caption.png)It looks like there are
several islands!

  
Uni: Yes, there are 18 islands in total, 17 of them inhabited.

  
Miranda: Why aren't all of them inhabited?

  
Uni: Most of them are. The island that is uninhabited, Lítla Dímun, is quite
small (0,82 km2), and is surrounded by steep, high cliffs, so it's too hard to
get to. Only sheep and birds live on it.

  
Miranda: I see. Are the Faroe Islands their own country?

  
Uni: No, they are not. The Faroe Islands are an autonomous province of the
Kingdom of Denmark. In other words, we belong to Denmark, just as Greenland
does.

  
Miranda: Like slaves?

  
Uni: Haha, no. The connection is mostly historical, and it helps us, because
we are such a small nation. It's not so different from the way the United
States owns Puerto Rico, or even Hawaii, although Denmark doesn't have states
like the United States does.

  
Miranda: But I guess the Faroe Islands are much, much colder than Hawaii, more
like Alaska!

  
Uni: Haha, surprisingly enough, the Faroe Islands aren't nearly as cold as
Alaska! Although they lie 62° North, the Gulf Stream moderates the climate, so
we have mild winters. Our harbours never freeze, and snow melts away quickly.
The average temperature in our coldest month is 3°C/37°F.But still, it's not
tropical, like Hawaii! In summers the Faroe Islands are quite cool, with the
average temperature during our warmest month at 11°C/52°F.

  
Miranda: Wow, the difference between winter and summer isn't very big! What is
the weather like, other than the temperatures? Is it usually rainy, or sunny?

  
Uni: The climate is fairly wet, with lots of rain and fog, and sometimes big
storms too. We get 1500 mm of rain annually, whereas Chicago, for example,
gets 840, and Bergen, Norway, one of the wettest places on earth, gets 2250.
But of course there are also many fine, sunny days - 927 hours of sunlight a
year!

  
Miranda: Wow! So, do people in the Faroe Islands speak English, or Danish?

  
Uni: We speak both Danish and English, as 2nd and 3rd languages. Our mother
tongue is Faroese.

  
Miranda: But I've never heard of Faroese! And does this mean, that you speak
three languages?

  
Uni: Oh, no worries, many haven't. Yes, all of us speak three languages, and
in high school, some choose to learn an extra foreign language, such as German
or Spanish, as well.

  
Miranda: Isn't it difficult, and confusing? I don't think that Americans could
do it.

  
Uni: I guess it is difficult and confusing for some, but we are taught Danish
from 3rd grade, and English from 4th, and it's easier to learn languages when
you are young. So, I guess if Americans would learn foreign languages in
Elementary school, they would manage just fine.

  
Miranda: What kind of a language is Faroese? And where do Faroese people come
from?

  
Uni: Faroese is most similar to Icelandic and some dialects of Norwegian,
although it has been influenced somewhat by Danish. The remoteness of the
Faroe Islands have helped Faroese to remain a very distinct language. Faroese
people came from Vikings who accidentally hit the Faroe Islands while
travelling west to Iceland.

  
Miranda: So, does everyone have blonde hair and blue eyes?

  
Uni: No. Maybe more than in America, but not as many as in Sweden, for
example! Most Faroese people have blue or green eyes, and blonde or brown
hair.

  
Miranda: Are the Faroe Islands part of the E.U.? What kind of money do you
use?

  
Uni: No, the Faroe Islands aren't a part of the E.U. We use the same currency
as Denmark, Danish Krona(DKK), but we have our own printed bills.

  
Miranda: Thank you so much, Uni! Now I know many things about the Faroe
Islands! I know that they are a European nation, under the control of Denmark,
with their own language, Faroese. I also know something about the people,
climate, and currency. The most surprising things I learned today were that
all Faroese learn three languages in school, and that the difference in
temperature between winter and summer is only about 8°C/15°F!

  
---------------------  
  
Spurnaløta við Mirandu: Nr. 1

  
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Miranda: Eg havi eina verkætlan um Farao oynna. Eg havi hoyrt at tú býrt har!
Kans tú hjálpa mær?

  
Uni: Áh, halló Miranda, stuttligt at hitta teg. Um tú meinar við Føroyar, so
vil eg fegin hjálpa tær.

  
Miranda: Eg veit ikki hvussu tað verður stavað, orsaka!! Men takk fyri at tú
hjálpir mær! Hetta er fyrstu ferð yvirhøvur, at eg havi hoyrt um Føroyar. Eru
tær í Nilánni?

  
Uni: Tað bilar einki, og einki at takka! Nei, Føroyar eru ikki í Nilánni,
sjálvt um tað saktans hevði kunnað ljóðað soleiðis. Føroyar eru í veruleikanum
mitt í Norðuratlantshavinum, norðanfyri Skotland, millum Ísland og Noregi.

  
Miranda: Áh! Eg fann tær á kortinum, her! Eg havi ongantíð lagt merki til tær,
áður![![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2
/Map_of_faroe_islands_in_europe_-
_english_caption.png)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2
/Map_of_faroe_islands_in_europe_-_english_caption.png)Tað sær út sum um har
eru fleiri oyggjar!

  
Uni: Ja, her eru 18 oyggjar tilsamans, og har búgva fólk á 17 av teimum.

  
Miranda: Hví búgva fólk ikki á øllum oyggjunum?

  
Uni: Tað gera tað á teimum flestu. Oyggin, sum einki fólk býr á, Lítla Dímun,
er rættiliga lítil (0,82km2), og er umringað av brattum, høgum bjørgum, so hon
er ring at sleppa til. Einans seyðir og fuglar búgva á oynni.

  
Miranda: Áh soleiðis. Eru Føroyar teirra egna land?

  
Uni: Nei, tað eru tær ikki. Føroyar eru ein hálvsjálvstýrandi landspartur av
danska kongaríkinum. Við øðrum orðum, vit hoyra undir Danmark, júst sum
Grønland ger tað.

  
Miranda: Sum trælir?

  
Uni: Haha, nei. Sambandið er fyri tað mesta søguligt, og tað hjálpir okkum, tí
vit eru ein somikið lítil tjóð. Tað er ikki so nógv annaðleiðis frá háttinum
sum USA eigir Puerto Rico, og eisini Hawaii, tó hevur Danmark ikki statir,
líka sum Sambandsríkið Amerika hevur.

  
Miranda: Men eg hevði hildið, at Føroyar eru nógv, nógv kaldari enn Hawaii,
kanska meira sum Alaska!

  
Uni: Haha, yvirraskandi nokk, so eru Føroyar slettis ikki líka kaldar sum
Alaska! Sjálvt um tær liggja á 62° Norður, so heldur Golfstreymurin veðurlagið
flótt, so vit hava mildar vetrar. Okkara bryggjur frysta ongantíð, og kavi
smeltar burtur aftur skjótt. Miðalhitin í okkara kaldasta mánaði er 3°C/37°F.
Men tað er tó ikki tropiskt, líka sum Hawaii! Um summrini eru Føroyar rímiliga
kaldar, við miðalhitanum 11°C/52°F.

  
Miranda: Vauv, munurin millum vetur og summar er ikki nakað serliga stórur!
Hvussu er veðrið annars? Er tað vanligani regn, ella sól?

  
Uni: Veðurlagið er rímiliga vátt, við nógvum regni og toka, og onkuntíð stórum
stormum eisini. Vit fáa 1500 mm av regni um árið, meðan Chicago, til dømis,
fær 840 mm, og Bergen, Noregi, eitt tað vátasta staðið í heiminum, fær 2250
mm. Men har eru sjálvandi eisini nógvir fínir, sólskinsdagar - 927 tímar av
sól um árið!

  
Miranda: Vauv! Men tosa fólk í Føroyum so enskt, ella danskt?

  
Uni: Vit tosa bæði danskt og enskt, sum okkara 2. og 3. mál. Okkara móðurmál
er føroyskt.

  
Miranda: Men eg havi ongantíð hoyrt um føroyskt áður! Merkir hetta so at tit
tosa trý mál?

  
Uni: Tað eru tað nógv sum ikki hava, so tað skalt tú ikki hugsa um. Ja, vit
tosa øll trý mál, og á miðnámsskúlanum velja nøkur eisini at læra seg eyka
útlendsk mál, so sum týskt ella spanskt.

  
Miranda: Er tað ikki torført og ørkymlandi? Eg vildi ikki trúð at amerikanarar
høvdu klára tað.

  
Uni: Eg vildi trúð at tað er torført og ørkymlandi fyri summi, men vit læra
føroyskt frá 3. flokki, og enskt frá 4. flokki, og tað er lættari at læra mál,
tá ein enn er ungur. So, eg vildi hildi, at um Amerikumenn høvdu lært seg
útlendsk mál í barnaskúlanum, høvdu tey klára seg fínt.

  
Miranda: Hvat slag av máli er føroyskt? Og hvaðani koma føroyingar?

  
Uni: Føroyskt líkist mest íslendskum og nøkrum dialektum av norskum, tó er
føroyskt vorið ávirkað nógv av donskum. Tað at Føroyar liggja so langt burtur
frá umheiminum hevur hjálpt føroyska málinum at vera verandi eitt sera
sermerkt tungumál. Føroyingar koma frá víkingum, sum av óvart komu til
Føroyar, meðan teir sigldu vestur til Íslands.

  
Miranda: Hava øll so ljóst hár og blá eygu?

  
Uni: Nei. Kanska meira enn í Amerika, men ikki líka nógv sum í t.d. Svøríki!
Teir flestu føroyingarnir hava blá ella grøn eygu, og ljóst ella brúnt hár.

  
Miranda: Eru Føroyar limur í ST? Hvat slag av pengum brúka tit?

  
Uni: Nei, Føroyar eru ikki limir í Sameindu Tjóðum. Vit nýta sama gjaldoyra
sum Danmark, danska krónan(DKK), men vit hava okkara egnu seðlar.

  
Miranda: Stóra takk fyri, Uni! Nú veit eg nógv um Føroyar! Eg veit at tær eru
ein Evropeisk tjóð, under donskum veldi, við teirra egna máli, føroyskt. Eg
veit eisini eitt sindur um fólkið, veðurlagið, og gjaldoyrað. Tað sum eg
gjørdist mest ovfarin av øllum tí sum eg lærdi í dag, var at allir føroyingar
læra trý mál í skúlanum, og at munurin á hitanum millum vetur og summar er
einans um tey 8°C/15°F!

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## 7/20/2009

###  [News about the books for foreigners learning
Faroese](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/07/news-about-books-for-
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On another blog post, an Anonymous reader posted this comment:

The books and CD are available from:[![](http://setur.fo/uploads/pics/red_6_02
.jpg)](http://setur.fo/uploads/pics/red_6_02.jpg)

  
H. N. J. Bókahandil

Vaglið

Postbox 55

FO 110 Tórshavn

Faroe Islands

  
Email hnj@hnj.fo

  
The package costs DKK 1000(USD 190). The audio recordings (from the CD) are
also available free of charge for download at
[www.stidin.fo](http://www.stidin.fo/)

  
Thank you, Anonymous reader ;)

  
(EDIT: The books and CD can also be bought on
[http://www.bokasolan.fo/](http://www.bokasolan.fo/). Type in "Faroese" in the
upper right-hand corner, and press the button, "Leita". These books and CD are
the "book" called "Faroese" with the author "Hjalmar P. Petersen".)

  
--------------------------------  
  
Tíðindi um bøkurnar, fyri útlendingar, ið læra seg føroyskt

  
Á einum øðrum blogg inleggi, skrivaði ein dulnevndur lesari hesa
viðmerkingina:

The books and CD are available from:[![](http://setur.fo/uploads/pics/red_7_01
.jpg)](http://setur.fo/uploads/pics/red_7_01.jpg)

  
H. N. J. Bókahandil

Vaglið

Postbox 55

FO 110 Tórshavn

Faroe Islands

  
Email hnj@hnj.fo

  
The package costs 1000 DKK. The audio recordings (from the CD) are also
available free of charge for download at
[www.stidin.fo](http://www.stidin.fo/)

  
Takk fyri dulnevndi lesari ;)

  
(Broyting: Bøkurnar og fløgan kunnu eisini verða keyptar á
[http://www.bokasolan.fo/](http://www.bokasolan.fo/). Skriva "Faroese" í
leitiøkið ovarlilga til høgru, og trýst á "Leita" knøttin. Hesar bøkurnnar og
fløgan eru "bókin," nevnd "Faroese" við rithøvundanum "Hjalmar P. Petersen".)

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## 9/12/2009

###  [49,000!](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/09/49000.html)

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49,000 people in the Faroe Islands!

  
On the 1st of August there were living 49,006 people in the Faroe Islands.
There were 132 more people born than there died, and 131 more people moved to
the Faroe Islands, than there moved from the Faroes.

  
But the population will probably decrease next month, because a lot of people
will move to other countries to study. But the population will probably
increase back to more than 49,000 at the turn of the year, if the population
will increase the same way it has done the last couple of months.

  
____________________________

  
Fyri allar fyrstu ferð, nakrantíð, búgva tað nú meira enn 49.000 fólk í
Føroyum!

  
Tann 1. august búu 49.006 fólk í Føroyum. Tað vóru 132 fleiri fólk fødd, enn
tað doyðu, og 131 fleiri fólk fluttu til Føroyar, enn tað fluttu frá Føroyum.

  
Men fólkatalið fer nokk at minka næsta mánaða, tí tá flyta nógv til onnur lond
í lestrarørindum. Men fólkatalið fer sannlíkt at koma upp um tey 49.000 um
ársskiftið, um fólkavøksturin verður tann sami sum teir síðstu mánaðirnar.

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## 10/08/2009

###  [Føroyar í tíðindunum í Medford,
Oregon](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/10/froyar-i-tiindunum-i-medford-
oregon.html)

The Faroe Islands make the news in Medford, Oregon....

  
  
The same story, broadcasted on CBS13(KOVR Sacramento) can be seen
[here](http://www.cbs13.com/video/?id=61428@kovr.dayport.com).

  
Men go to Seyðaskor(Sheep-"Steep, grass covered cliff") and Góðamannsskor
(Good-man-"Steep, grass covered cliff") to gather the sheep there..

  
If you want to see the original clip, broadcasted on the 2nd October, on
Kringvarp Føroyar, [click
here](http://www.kringvarp.fo/click.asp?i=dov4127.wmv&f=k&t=m), and go to
14:06.

  

___________________________________

  
Føroyar komu í tíðindini í Medford, Oregon, Amerika

  
Sama søgan, varpað á CBS13(KOVR Sacramento) can verða sædd
[her](http://www.cbs13.com/video/?id=61428@kovr.dayport.com).

  
Menn fara til Seyðaskor og Góðamannsskor at reka seyð..

  
Um tú vilt síggja upprunaklippið, varpað tann 2. oktobur, í Degi & Viku, so
[trýst her](http://www.kringvarp.fo/click.asp?i=dov4127.wmv&f=k&t=m), og far
til 14:06.

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## 12/24/2009

###  [Gleðilig jól](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2009/12/gleilig-jol.html)

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eydnuberandi nýggjár!

  
Her eru nakrar myndir av jólaperum, jólaprýði og øðrum í Føroyum...

  
_______________________

  
I just wanted to wish all the readers a Merry Christmas, and a good and
"lucky" new year!

  
Here are some photos of christmas lights, christmas decorations and other in
the Faroe Islands...

  
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## 1/15/2010

###  [X-Factor and Eurovision](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2010/01/x-factor-
and-eurovision.html)

Faroese artists are represented in a lot of music shows these days. There's
Anna Nygaard, who's attending in the Danish TV-competition, X-factor(a bit
like American Idol). There's Jógvan Hansen, who's attending the Icelandic
Eurovision competition. And there's Jens Marni Hansen who'll attend in the
Danish Eurovision contest on the 6th of February.

  
________________

  
  
Føroyskir sangarar eru væl umboðaðir í tónleikakappingum nú á døgum. Anna
Nygaard er við í donsku sjónvarpssendingini, "X-factor", Jógvan Hansen er við
í íslensku Eurovision kappingini, og Jens Marni Hansen er við í donsku
Eurovision kappingini tann 6. februar.

  
  
  
Anna Nygaard in the X-Factor adition

  
[Press here](http://http.ruv.straumar.is/static.ruv.is/dagskrarvefur/myndskeid
/OneMoreDay_RadioMix.mp3) to listen to the song Jógvan Hansen will sing on the
Icelandic Eurovision

  
I don't know yet, which song Jens Marni Hansen will sing in the Danish
Eurovison contest, but one of the writers of the song, is the singer of the
band "Johnny Deluxe".

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## 2/28/2010

###  [Nógvur kavi](http://roskur.blogspot.com/2010/02/nogvur-kavi.html)

Sum tit nokk vita, so hevur tað verið ótrúliga nógvur kavi allastaðni á
norðraru jarðarkúlu. Ella ótrúliga kalt, ella óvanligt veðurlag. Nógvur kavi
hevur eisini verið í Føroyum, í mun til tað sum hevur verið tey síðstu 10
árini. Her eru so nakrar myndir av kavanum:

  
_______________

  
Lots of snow

  
As you all may very well be aware of, there has been a lot of snow everywhere
on the northern hemisphere. Or umbelievably cold, or unnatural weather
conditions. There has also been a lot of snow in the Faroe Islands, combaring
how little snow we've had the last 10 years. So here are some photos of the
snow:

  

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