Lögberg-Heimskringla - 24.04.1981, Side 2

2-WINNIPEG, FÖSTUDAGUR 24. APRÍL 1981
Wants to visit
North America
Eleanor Wachtel presents $1,000 cheque to Bill on behalf
of “Books in Canada”.
Valgardson
honoured
The following letter has been
received by L.H.
"I am a student 19 years of age. I
wish to visit North America for a
few months' stay to get to know its
people and improve my command
of English. Although I am par-
ticularly interested in working on a
farm, I will take any such job that
may be available. Perhaps, someone
would be prepared to put me up in
his home during the period in ques-
tion. I neither smoke nor drink.
Those interested in my request are
asked to write either to Lögberg-
Heimskringla or to myself directly.
With sincere thanks,
Jóhann Gunnar Sævarsson
Grenivöllum 22, Akureyri
Iceland."
Jóhann Gunnar is the grandson of
Árni Bjarnarson of Akureyri, a well-
Birthday verses
To my wife, Gudrun, on the 30th of October 1979
Recently W.D. Valgardson receiv-
ed the fifth annual Books in Canada
Award for Novels published in
Canada (see L.H., April 10). These
two pictures were taken by Bob
Asgeirsson on that occasion.
A cocktail party was given to
allow for the presentation of the
$1,000 cheque. Most of those
who attended were fellow
authors and peopie in the
publishing industry. The photo
shows Bill in the Cocktail setting
listening to a colleague's frustra-
tions or joys.
To your eighty birthdays
Are added eight years more,
And with the passing ages
You grow better than before!
You're a loving, cheerful mother
You're a blessed mate to me.
Your noble, loving kindness '
Will, I know, rewarded be.
Your lifelong, gracious giving
Is a parable of love.
May the years ahead be gladsome
Blessed by the Lord above.
From the Icelandic of
Jon Magnusson
Translated by Anna Bjornson,
Seattle.
Leskaflar í íslensku handa byrjendum
XV.
Next we shall consider the weak declension of masculine nouns and
select kennari, a teacher as a representative of this class, the different
cases of which in the singular and the plural are as follows:
Sing. Plur.
Nom. kennari kennarar
Acc. kéiinara kennara
Dat. kennara kennurum
Gen. kennara kennara
Vocabulary:
Bjössi, weak masc.
borg, fem., city, town
bókina, fem., book, acc. of bókin,
the book, bókunum is the dat.
plur.
dóttir, fem., daughter, the plur.
is dætur
fáir, féw
góður, adj. good, the fem. is
góð and the neuter gott
herbergið, neuter, the room
í gamla daga, in the olden days
í staðinn fyrir, instead of
leita til, consult
sonur, masc. son, the plur. is
synir
stól, masc., chair, dat. of stóll
sækja, seek, fetch, go and get
varð, had to, past tense of verða
The declension of the possessive pronoun minn, my, mine which is in-
flected and used within the sentence like an adjective (see No. XII) will next
be given in all three genders, the singular and the plural:
Sing.
Masc. Fem. Neuter
Nom. minn mín mitt
Acc. minn mína mitt
Dat. mínum minni mínu
Gen. míns minnar míns
Plur.
Nom. mínir mínar mín
A.cc. mína mínar mín
Dat. mínum mínum mínum
Gen. minna minna minna
Note the vowel shift í to i before nn.
Translate into English:
Bjössi sonur minn og Sigga dóttir mín eru hjá góðum kennara. Synir mínir
og dætur mínar hafa alltaf haft góða kennara. í gamla daga voru fáir kenn-
arar hér í borg, og þá varð ég að lesa í bókunum mínum í staðinn fyrir að
leita til kennara. Hjá góðum kennurum er gott að læra. Þetta er mitt borð.
Hver situr á mínum stól? Ég ætla að fara upp í herbergið mitt og sækja
bókina mína.
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