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Usages of skólinn
Skólinn er stór.
The school is big.
Skólinn er þar.
The school is there.
Skólinn er opinn.
The school is open.
Skólinn í borginni er stór.
The school in the city is big.
Skólinn er rólegur.
The school is quiet.
Búðin er stærri en skólinn.
The store is bigger than the school.
Skólinn er miklu stærri en húsið.
The school is much bigger than the house.
Það er bannað að hlaupa á sleipum stigum í skólunum.
It is forbidden to run on slippery stairs in the schools.
Hann lærir heima í stað þess að sækja tíma í skólanum í dag.
He studies at home instead of attending classes at school today.
Við búum á rólegu svæði nálægt skólanum.
We live in a quiet area near the school.
Eftir hringtorgið beygir þú til hægri, og skólinn er þá á vinstri hönd.
After the roundabout you turn right, and the school is then on the left.
Umferðarljósin við skólann virka ekki í morgun.
The traffic lights by the school are not working this morning.
Faðirinn knúsar dóttur sína á hverjum morgni áður en hún fer í skólann.
The father hugs his daughter every morning before she goes to school.
Við verðum að virða reglurnar í skólanum.
We must respect the rules at school.
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