No. 97 in Icelandic
ísafirði
Ísafirði: A town in the Westfjords region of Iceland.
In a sentence
Ég ætla að fara til Ísafjarðar á morgun.
I am going to Ísafjörður tomorrow.
In this sentence, 'Ísafjarðar' is in the genitive case, used after the preposition 'til' to indicate motion towards the location, matching 'to Ísafjörður' in English.
Ísafirði er fallegt á sumrin.
Ísafjörður is beautiful in the summer.
Here, 'Ísafirði' is in the dative case, commonly used in Icelandic to indicate location. It corresponds to 'in Ísafjörður' in English.
Við áttum góðan dag í Ísafirði.
We had a good day in Ísafjörður.
In this example, 'Ísafirði' is also in the dative case, used to show the place where the action occurred, which is 'in Ísafjörður' in English.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “ísafirði” in actual Icelandic podcasts.
Find “ísafirði” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Icelandic podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appIcelandic books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).