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Most Common Faroese Words
Føroyskt
Essential Faroese vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| maður | man / person | MA-vur |
| kona | woman | KO-na |
| barn | child | BARN |
| hús | house | HUS |
| vatn | water | VATN |
| matur | food | MA-tur |
| land | land / country | LAND |
| hav | sea / ocean | HAV |
| fjall | mountain | FYATL |
| skógvur | forest | SKOV-ur |
| sól | sun | SOL |
| nátt | night | NOT |
| dagur | day | DA-gur |
| familja | family | fa-MIL-ya |
| mál | language | MAWL |
| kærleiki | love | KAIR-ley-ki |
| tónleikur | music | TON-ley-kur |
| friður | peace | FRI-vur |
| hjarta | heart | HYAR-ta |
| ár | year | AWR |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| fara | to go | FA-ra |
| koma | to come | KO-ma |
| eta | to eat | E-ta |
| drekka | to drink | DREK-ka |
| sova | to sleep | SO-va |
| síggja | to see | SIG-ya |
| hoyra | to hear | HOY-ra |
| tosa | to speak / talk | TO-sa |
| vera | to be | VE-ra |
| elska | to love | ELS-ka |
| arbeiða | to work | ar-BEY-tha |
| geva | to give | GE-va |
| taka | to take | TA-ka |
| líta | to look | LI-ta |
| hugsa | to think | HUG-sa |
| skilja | to understand | SKIL-ya |
| standa | to stand | STAN-da |
| sita | to sit | SI-ta |
| renna | to run | REN-na |
| leika | to play | LEY-ka |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| stórur | big | STOR-ur |
| lítil | small | LI-til |
| góður | good | GO-vur |
| illur | bad / evil | IL-ur |
| nýggjur | new | NIG-yur |
| gamal | old | GA-mal |
| hvítur | white | KWEE-tur |
| svartur | black | SVAR-tur |
| reyður | red | REY-vur |
| bláur | blue | BLAWR |
| langur | long | LANG-ur |
| stuttur | short | STUT-ur |
| tungur | heavy | TUNG-ur |
| léttur | light / easy | LET-ur |
| skjótur | fast | SKYOT-ur |
| løtur | slow | LOT-ur |
| sterkur | strong | STER-kur |
| heitur | hot | HEY-tur |
| kaldur | cold | KAL-dur |
| fagur | beautiful | FA-gur |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| nú | now | NU |
| í gjár | yesterday | i GYAWR |
| í morgin | tomorrow | i MOR-gin |
| her | here | HER |
| har | there | HAR |
| já | yes | YAW |
| nei | no | NEY |
| eisini | also / too | EY-si-ni |
| men | but | MEN |
| og | and | OG |
| mjög | very | MYOG |
| lítið | a little | LI-tith |
| altíð | always | AL-tith |
| ongantíð | never | ONG-an-tith |
| ofta | often | OF-ta |
| stundum | sometimes | STUN-dum |
| longu | already / long since | LONG-u |
| enn | still / yet | EN |
| tí | therefore / so | TI |
| kanska | perhaps / maybe | KAN-ska |