Usages of hringja
Vekjaraklukkan hringir klukkan sex.
The alarm clock rings at six o’clock.
Vekjaraklukkan hringir ekki á frídögum, svo ég sef lengur.
The alarm clock does not ring on days off, so I sleep longer.
Síminn hringir núna.
The phone is ringing now.
Stundum læt ég símann hringja án þess að svara.
Sometimes I let the phone ring without answering.
Hún var að skera epli þegar síminn hringdi.
She was cutting an apple when the phone rang.
Það varð smá truflun á fundinum þegar síminn hennar hringdi.
There was a small interruption at the meeting when her phone rang.
Hvorug okkar trúir því að hurðarklukkan hafi hringt svona seint.
Neither of us believes that the doorbell rang that late.
Það er vandræðalegt þegar síminn hringir á fundi.
It is awkward when the phone rings in a meeting.
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