Ænglisc / Old English - Lesson III - Basic Phrases II (Introducing yourself!)

[HistoryCulture]

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Ƿesaþ ġē hāl!

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We continue with our lessons in OE, and now that we have greeted each other, we can now delve into introducing ourselves!

Now, in OE, there are several ways to greet a person - and these are but a mere few examples:

Introducing Oneself:

Iċ hātte... / Iċ hāte... (I am called...)

Mīn nama is... (My name is...)

Iċ eom _ ġear eald (I am _ years old) [We will go over numbers in a future episode - for now, you can put the numeral or the roman numeral version]

A few welcoming words:

Gōdne Morgen (Good Morning)

Gōdne Ofernōn (Good Afternoon)

Gōdne ǣfen (Good Evening)

Gōde Niht (Good Night)

Gōdne Dæġ (Good Day)

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[HistoryCulture]

How about you try to start a conversation in OE, using vocab from this lesson and the previous one? :)

"Ēalā and Gōdne Morgen! Iċ hātte Luke! Iċ eom XVIII ġear eald!

Ƿesaþ gē hāl!"

[ByronArnol]

I noticed good night of Gōde niht, while the other phrases use Gōdne. Is this correct that good night uses a different form than the other phrases, or was it a typo?

[Sie00]

Wow that is easy.

[HistoryCulture]

This is merely the beginning, my friend, for more extensive lessons, check out https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnwScGuOxVlaN5aV9in9ag/videos

[Sie00]

I imagine so. I upvoted the course with some extra lingots. Thanks for the sugestion I will have a look.

[HistoryCulture]

You are welcome!