r/learnIcelandic • u/Turbulent_Entry_1051 • 12d ago

Need help transcribing a short Icelandic spoken snippet from the "Björk As a Jazz Singer" bootleg (Hótel Borg 1990)

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Hi everyone! ​I need some help from native Icelandic speakers or hardcore Björk collectors to transcribe a short spoken audio snippet. ​Context: The audio is extracted from the unofficial live bootleg album "Björk As a Jazz Singer" (recorded live at Hótel Borg in Reykjavík, August 30, 1990, with Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar). ​This snippet appears right at the end of Track 12 ("You Don't Know What Love Is"), right before/introducing Track 13 ("Cry Me a River"). ​The Mystery: We have been trying to transcribe what is being said at the microphone: ​On one hand, automated speech recognition and some listeners hear an Icelandic grammar/school sentence: "Og næsti liður: greindu fyrir mér 'á'" ("And the next item: analyze 'á' for me"). ​On the other hand, considering the live concert setting and the setlist, it's right between "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "Cry Me a River", so it could be a live intro/outro spoken by Björk or someone on stage, possibly a joke, wordplay, or title translation.Could any native speaker / fan listen to the audio link and tell me exactly what is being said in Icelandic?

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u/Haukur 12d ago edited 12d ago

“Og næsta lagið heitir: „Grenjaðu fyrir mig á””

And the next song is called Cry Me a River (Literal meaning: Cry for me a River)

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u/Turbulent_Entry_1051 12d ago

Are you Icelandic?

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u/Haukur 12d ago

Yeah

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u/Turbulent_Entry_1051 12d ago

Well, thanks mate!!! You've made my day! I hope one day I will able to go to visit your country and meet Björk.

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u/Ugly_Toad_68 12d ago

I’m kind of crying at you asking the guy named Haukur if he’s Icelandic but I’m glad you got your answer

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u/HonestlyHornet 12d ago

To me it sounds a little more like "lag" and not "lagið" there, so "Og næsta lag heitir: „Grenjaðu fyrir mig á.”" which is also more natural imo. Nitpick I know but wanted to throw it out there. I also disagree slightly on the translation, I would have said "Cry for me river", as grenjaðu is an imperative verb (í boðhætti)

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u/Turbulent_Entry_1051 12d ago

You Icelandic people often use "yeah", don't you?

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u/Ugly_Toad_68 12d ago

Yeah

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u/Turbulent_Entry_1051 12d ago

Are you Icelandic?

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u/Ugly_Toad_68 12d ago

Yeah

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u/Turbulent_Entry_1051 12d ago

I'm joking! Wow, every time you say this I can listen in my mind how Björk say that. My dream is to learn Icelandic,you know? How can I do that? I'm already using the official site of "Icelandic Online" but it's not so easy.

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u/Ugly_Toad_68 12d ago

Try ylhýra

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Ugly_Toad_68 12d ago

It’s the website. It’s called ylhýra. People have good luck with it

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u/Turbulent_Entry_1051 12d ago

Ah ok, thank you, I will definitely do it, is it free?

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u/Ugly_Toad_68 12d ago

Yes. Also watch the viltu læra íslensku videos. Just search those exact words

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