skilja

Usages of skilja

Ég ætla að reyna að skilja þetta.
I am going to try to understand this.
Ég skil stundum ekki flóknar setningar.
I sometimes do not understand complicated sentences.
Ég skil verkefnið vel.
I understand the project well.
Hann talar hægt svo ég skil hann vel.
He speaks slowly so I understand him well.
Ég skil vandamálið.
I understand the problem.
Mér finnst íslenska falleg þegar ég skil hana.
I think Icelandic is beautiful when I understand it.
Við sendum leigusalnum myndir af biluninni, svo hann skilji stöðuna.
We send the landlord pictures of the malfunction so he understands the situation.
Ég skil ekki nákvæmlega hvað hún meinar, svo ég bið hana að endurtaka það.
I don’t understand exactly what she means, so I ask her to repeat it.
Hún útskýrði ástæðuna svo skýrt að allir skildu hana.
She explained the reason so clearly that everyone understood it.
Ég skil skoðunina hennar, þó að ég sé ekki alveg sammála.
I understand her opinion, although I do not fully agree.
Ég skil betur það sem kennarinn skrifar á töfluna þegar framburðurinn er skýr.
I understand better what the teacher writes on the board when the pronunciation is clear.
Ég skil ekki alltaf það sem stendur í athugasemdunum, svo ég spyr kennarann.
I do not always understand what is written in the comments, so I ask the teacher.
Þýðingin er ekki alltaf orð fyrir orð; stundum þarf ég að skilja merkinguna fyrst.
The translation is not always word for word; sometimes I need to understand the meaning first.
Ég skil þetta orðasamband betur núna.
I understand this expression better now.
Málsgreinin er ekki auðveld, en ég skil hana betur núna.
The paragraph is not easy, but I understand it better now.
Ég skil textann betur þegar ég þýði hann ekki orð fyrir orð.
I understand the text better when I do not translate it word for word.
Ég les textann hægt, þannig að ég skil hann betur.
I read the text slowly, so that I understand it better.
Ég skil ekki allt.
I do not understand everything.

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