síminn

Usages of síminn

Síminn hringir núna.
The phone is ringing now.
Síminn er bilaður.
The phone is broken.
Hún gleymdi símanum sínum á skrifstofunni.
She forgot her phone at the office.
Fyrirgefðu, geturðu tengt símann minn við hleðslutækið?
Excuse me, can you connect my phone to the charger?
Hún einbeitir sér í eina klukkustund án símans.
She focuses for an hour without the phone.
Síminn hennar er bilaður.
Her phone is broken.
Ég tengi símann við hleðslutækið.
I connect the phone to the charger.
Vonandi slekk ég á símanum til þess að sofa betur.
Hopefully I turn off the phone in order to sleep better.
Önnur regla er að slökkva á símanum í matnum.
Another rule is to turn off the phone during meals.
Síminn truflar mig þegar ég vil einbeita mér.
The phone disturbs me when I want to concentrate.
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.
Ég þarf að hlaða símann áður en ég fer út.
I need to charge the phone before I go out.
Ég tengi símann við hleðslutækið, þannig að síminn virkar aftur.
I connect the phone to the charger, so the phone works again.
Síminn virðist vera of heitur, svo ég tek snúruna úr innstungunni.
The phone seems to be too hot, so I unplug the cord from the outlet.
Ég skrifa fundinn í dagatalið mitt og set líka áminningu í símann.
I write the meeting in my calendar and also set a reminder in the phone.
Mér finnst ókurteist að tala hátt í símanum á fundi.
I think it is rude to talk loudly on the phone in a meeting.
Hún notar heyrnartól á bókasafninu, því hátalarinn á símanum væri of hávær þar.
She uses headphones in the library, because the speaker on the phone would be too loud there.

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