Phrases (understanding, belief, ...)

Question 1

I don’t understand. / Ich verstehe nicht

Answer 1

Ég skil ekki.

Question 2

I understand. / Ich verstehe

Answer 2

Ég skil.

Question 3

I understand but I don’t think it is good. / Ich verstehe das ja, aber trotzdem finde ich’s nicht gut.

Answer 3

Ég skil þetta en finnst það samt ekki gott.

Question 4

I understand very little. / Ich verstehe sehr wenig.

Answer 4

Ég skil mjög lítið.

Question 5

I don’t know anything about … . / Ich verstehe nichts/ habe keine Ahnung von …

Answer 5

Ég hef ekkert vit á … .

Question 6

I cannot do this. / Ich kann nicht …

Answer 6

Ég get þetta ekki.

Question 7

I do not know how to … / Ich kann nicht …

Answer 7

Ég kann ekki að …

Question 8

I do not know this. / Ich weiß (das) nicht.

Answer 8

Ég veit (það) ekki.

Question 9

I was not able to come earlier. / Ich konnte nicht eher kommen.

Answer 9

Ég gat ekki komið fyrr.

Question 10

I don’t know about this. / Darüber weiß ich nichts.

Answer 10

Ég veit ekkert um það.

Question 11

I don’t want to think about this. / Ich will nicht daran denken.

Answer 11

Ég vil ekki hugsa um það.

Question 12

I believe. / Ich glaube.

Answer 12

Ég held.

Question 13

I don’t believe / Ich glaube nicht.

Answer 13

Ég held ekki

Question 14

Unfortunately, I cannot come. / Leider kann ich nicht kommen.

Answer 14

Því miður get ég ekki komið.

Question 15

If I am not mistaken, … / Wenn ich mich nicht irre …

Answer 15

Ef ég hef ekki rangt fyrir mér …

Question 16

If I am not misled … / Wenn ich mich nicht täusche …

Answer 16

Ef mér skjátlast ekki …

Question 17

Sorry. I did not understand this. / Entschuldigung, das habe ich nicht verstanden.

Answer 17

Afsakaðu, ég skildi þetta ekki.

Question 18

I did not get it completely. / Ich habe das nicht richtig mitgekriegt.

Answer 18

Ég náði þessu ekki almennilega.

Question 19

I did not understand the problem. / Ich habe das Problem nicht verstanden.

Answer 19

Ég skil ekki vandamálið.

Question 20

I still did not get it. / Ich habe es noch nicht kapiert.

Answer 20

Ég er ekki enn búinn að fatta þetta.

Question 21

How do you say … ? / Wie sagt man … ?

Answer 21

Hvernig segir maður … ?

Question 22

How do you say … in Icelandic? / Wie sagt man … auf isländisch?

Answer 22

Hvernig segir þú … á íslensku?