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Usages of helgin
Hún selur bækur á markaðnum um helgar.
She sells books at the market on weekends.
Helgin er stutt.
The weekend is short.
Foreldrar mínir leyfa mér að vaka lengur um helgar.
My parents allow me to stay up longer on weekends.
Gott samband þýðir að við skipuleggjum helgar og frídaga saman.
A good relationship means that we plan weekends and days off together.
Um helgina viljum við smíða lítið borð fyrir stofuna.
This weekend we want to build a small table for the living room.
Ég hlakka til helgarinnar, þó að ég þurfi fyrst að pakka öllum fötunum.
I am looking forward to the weekend, although I first need to pack all the clothes.
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