Questions & Answers about Ég les skilaboðin strax.
A rough guide (standard Icelandic):
- Ég: /jɛːɣ/ (often sounds like yehgh; the g is a voiced fricative)
- les: /lɛːs/ (less with a long e)
- skilaboðin: roughly /ˈscɪːlaˌpɔðɪn/ (the ð is like th in this)
- strax: /straks/ (like strahks)
Stress is usually on the first syllable of a word: SKI-la-bo-ðin, STRAX.
les is the 1st person singular present tense form of the verb að lesa (to read).
- að lesa = infinitive (to read)
- ég les = I read / I am reading
- þú lest = you read
- hann/hún/það les = he/she/it reads
Both, depending on context. Icelandic present tense commonly covers:
- habitual: I read
- ongoing: