Celebration of Faroese as a second language

Faroese as a second language is now completed for the second time at Glas.

Last week, therefore, the course certificate was handed over.

There were also some who received certificates for having completed all courses.

100 course certificates were handed over and 63 of the students had come to Glasir to receive certificates and certificates, which Finn Jensen, dean, handed over.

The guest speaker was Fernando Trolies, who is from Brazil.

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When I look back at the time when I first moved to Faroe Islands in 2003, I see big changes in the way we learn Faroese.

Then we did not have the tools that we have today, and that help both teachers and students: translators, apps, textbooks, dictionaries, events that promote the Faroese language and of course also intelligence.

Therefore, one might think that it should be easier to learn another language today.

I learned Faroese the “hard way”, like many other foreigners.

In his speech, Fernando also mentioned Janusz, whom we have previously discussed in dimma.fo

-I would also like to mention an article I read recently about a Pole named Janusz Kamola.

According to the article, he failed to obtain Faroese citizenship – despite having lived in Faroe Islands for more than 30 years and doing everything he could to become a Faroese.

I would like to quote here the words of Sjúrður Skaale, MP, who tried to get an exception for Janusz in the Folketing.

Sjúrður said in an interview:

“This is a big blow, because Janusz has lived in Faroe Islands for more than 30 years and has been a model citizen. He has helped to develop MEST, which today is one of the largest companies in Faroe Islands.

He was self-sufficient, debt-free, lived in his own house and had a clean criminal record.

The problem was that although he understood Faroese fairly well, he could not speak it. And this – to know the language – is an absolutely inevitable requirement. Therefore, an exception should be granted, which is very rarely granted.”

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Fernando’s full speech can be seen here at the ceremony at Glasir