Six is Sex
While you're all doodling with your assignment from last week(right?) I'll do a quick summary on the first twenty numbers.

<td>8</td><td>átta</td><td>ow-tah</td><td>eight</td></tr> <td>9</td><td>níu</td><td>nee-uh</td><td>nine</td></tr> <td>10</td><td>tíu</td><td>tee-uh</td><td>ten</td></tr> <td>11</td><td>ellefu</td><td>edl-ev-uh</td><td>eleven</td></tr> <td>12</td><td>tólf</td><td>tou-lf</td><td>twelve</td></tr> <td>13</td><td>þrettán</td><td>threh-town</td><td>thirteen</td></tr> <td>14</td><td>fjórtán</td><td>fyou-r-town</td><td>fourteen</td></tr> <td>15</td><td>fimmtán</td><td>fih-mm-town</td><td>fifteen</td></tr> <td>16</td><td>sextán</td><td>sex-town</td><td>sixteen</td></tr> <td>17</td><td>sautján</td><td>seuy-tyown</td><td>seventeen</td></tr> <td>18</td><td>átján</td><td>ow-tyown</td><td>eighteen</td></tr> <td>19</td><td>nítján</td><td>nee-tyown</td><td>nineteen</td></tr> <td>20</td><td>tuttugu</td><td>tuh-tughu</td><td>twenty</td></tr>

	Icelandic	pronounced	English
1	einn	'ey-nn	one
2	tveir	tvay-r	two
3	þrír	three-r	three
4	fjórir	fyo-oo-ri-r	four
5	fimm	fih-mm	five
6	sex	sex	six
7	sjö	syeu-	seven

As it is a germanic language you'll see many similarities in the numbers. the hardest part is probably the pronounciation, for which I included a dummy-phonetic guide - just keep in mind that the letter R,r is always rolled in Icelandic. To hear it spoken you can for instance check out the reading done by Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir of the poem Ferðalok by Jónas Hallgrímsson I posted about last time - you can find it here. In the middle of the very first word of the reading (ástarstjörnu) the letter can be heard twice, listen to how it's used. Also, listen for its usage in the rest of the reading.