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Coming Home to Faroese - The Why and How of Learning a Small Language
Since I first became interested in learning the Faroese language, I've heard a lot of two questions from friends and family: "Why?" and "How?"
It was bad enough with Norwegian. They used to laugh and say, "Wow, that's useful! Now you can talk to a...
September / October 2014
At the Cinema - Ludo
Ludo is the first feature film to come out of the Faroe Islands in fifteen years – and it's a dark one. It was written and directed by Katrin Ottarsdóttir, who is also behind the road-trip movie Bye Bye Bluebird (1999) and the slice-of-life relay Atlantic...
September / October 2014
Basic Guide to Faroese
Basic Guide to
Faroese
Faroese is a very cool language.
Make sure you don't miss out on its coolness.
We are presenting a list of simple words and phrases in Faroese to help you show your coolness.
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September / October 2014
Celebrations - The Faroese Festival Summer
Summer in the Faroe Islands is short but exquisite. The grass glows a vibrant green, flowers bloom, and the sun doesn't set long enough for darkness to take hold. Even at midnight, the sky glows a beautiful blue and calls you to enjoy every hour. It's...
September / October 2014
The Grind: Why the Faroese Hunt Whales
The Faroe Islands are famous worldwide not only for their beauty and culture, but also for the grindadráp, or whale slaughter. In an average year, the Faroese kill approximately 800 pilot whales in order to eat their meat and blubber, which is the...
September / October 2014
Faroese Ballads - Nornagest Ríma and Ormurin Langi
Nornagest Ríma
Introduction To The Faroese Ballad Of Nornagest
- taken from Stories And Ballads Of The Far Past Translated From The Norse (Icelandic And Faroese) With Introductions And Notes By N. Kershaw, 1921
The Ballad of Nornagest was published...
September / October 2014
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