I'm moving to Iceland, do you think its smart to learn Icelandic?

This shouldn't even be a question. Of course you should learn Icelandic. Please, *please* don't be one of "those people". What sort of person moves to another country and then demands that for the rest of the time they're there, possibly the rest of their life, everyone around them speak a non-native language to accomodate them? What sort of person is perfectly fine with never really completely integrating, never being able to read signs, listen to the news, get involved in politics or any form of community life, and on and on? Gonna form a little clique with other immigrants maybe?

Please don't do this. The time for you to start learning Icelandic is, when you first learned that it was possible you might be moving there at some point in the future. It takes a long, long time. Start the second you finish reading this post.

Og gangi þér vel.

I believe you would struggle if you did not learn Icelandic. Iceland is not an English speaking country, even if they learn English in school and most people speak English. You will get by as a tourist, but not learning the official language of the country you are living in will be a problem.

I know many people make this mistake when they move to Northern Europe, thinking they can integrate and get by speaking only English because most of the large number of English speakers, but they are usually in for a nasty surprise and it very hard to integrate successfully if you cannot speak the language.

Also, there is the mentality behind it. It's one thing to switch languages for a tourist or someone who has just moved to the country, but it's another thing for a whole group of people having to switch to their second language when you are present to accommodate you because you did not learn to speak theirs.

learn some basic stuff in icelandic before you go. You'll learn quickly if you live there. Iceland predominately speaks English anyways, and almost everyone there is fluent. As for if they'll teach in english, I'm not sure, but probably. if not, they will accommodate you.

I would suggest tthat you slowly learn it there with the people of the town and your new friends.

I'm even jelaous, I would love to just simply learn icelandic that wouldd be awesome!!

But lots of the new generation speak english there, so it shouldn't be a priority, though you should learn it if your going to live there.

Good luck mate!

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yes