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Icelandic-speaking

Icelandic-speaking

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A person who speaks Icelandic
  • adjective
: hablante de islandés
  • The seminar will be conducted in English, but Icelandic-speaking staff will be available to help with translation.

Examples

  • She joined an Icelandic-speaking club to improve her language skills after moving to Reykjavik.

  • She is an Icelandic-speaking tour guide.

  • Many Icelandic-speaking tourists visit the old town during the summer months.

  • I met an Icelandic-speaking student at the university.

  • Many Icelandic-speaking tourists visit Reykjavik to enjoy local culture.

  • She joined an Icelandic-speaking club in Reykjavik to improve her conversation skills.

  • The university offers a course for Icelandic-speaking students to enhance their academic writing.

Surface Forms

Icelandic-speaking positive

Morphology

Icelandic-speaking = Icelandic + speak (transparent) = Icelandic + speak + ing

A straightforward compound of a language/demonym + a present-participial form of 'speak' meaning 'able to speak Icelandic'.

Etymology

Icelandic-speaking combines Icelandic, which comes from Iceland and literally means 'ice' and 'land', and speaking, from speak meaning 'to talk'. So, an Icelandic-speaking person is someone who can 'talk' in the language of Iceland.