icelandic
icelandic — 形容詞
1. relating to the country of Iceland, the people who live there, or their language
冰島的
與冰島、冰島人或冰島語有關的
relating to the country of Iceland, the people who live there, or their language
Madison bought an Icelandic wool sweater from a small shop in Reykjavík.
Madison 在雷克雅維克的一家小店買了一件冰島羊毛衫。
collocation: Icelandic wool / Icelandic culture / Icelandic food
Élise is taking an Icelandic literature course at university this semester.
Élise 這學期在大學修了一門冰島文學課程。
collocation: Icelandic literature
The bakery near the harbour serves traditional Icelandic rye bread.
港口附近的麵包店賣傳統的冰島黑麥麵包。
Ziad learned several Icelandic phrases before his trip to the Blue Lagoon.
Ziad 在去藍湖旅行之前學了幾句冰島語短語。
Hyun collects Icelandic folktales and reads them to his children at bedtime.
Hyun 收集冰島民間故事，並在睡前讀給他的孩子們聽。
文法句型
Icelandic + noun (e.g. Icelandic culture, Icelandic food)
用法筆記
As a proper adjective, Icelandic is always capitalized in English, even when used informally. It commonly appears before a noun to describe things that come from or belong to Iceland (e.g. Icelandic music, Icelandic weather, Icelandic history).
常見錯誤
icelandic — 名詞
1. the language that people speak in Iceland
冰島語
冰島的官方語言
the language that people speak in Iceland
Lakan has been studying Icelandic for two years and can now read the sagas.
Lakan 學冰島語已經兩年了，現在已經能讀懂薩迦傳說。
uncountable: study / learn / speak + [language]
Vinícius discovered that Icelandic uses several letters not found in the English alphabet.
Vinícius 發現冰島語使用了幾個英文字母裡沒有的字母。
linguistic feature: letters / alphabet + Icelandic
Rohan downloaded a language app to help him learn Icelandic before moving to Reykjavík.
Rohan 下載了一個語言學習應用程式，準備在搬到雷克雅維克前學好冰島語。
Constanza speaks fluent Icelandic after living in Reykjavík for over a decade.
Constanza 住在雷克雅維克十多年，能說一口流利的冰島語。
Asher enjoys listening to Icelandic radio to improve his pronunciation and vocabulary.
Asher 喜歡收聽冰島語廣播來增進自己的發音和詞彙。
文法句型
study / learn / speak + Icelandic
用法筆記
Icelandic is an uncountable noun and is always capitalized. It is typically used without an article: 'She speaks Icelandic' (not 'the Icelandic'). The definite article is used only when the word language follows (e.g. 'the Icelandic language').