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Usages of stelpan
Stelpuna langar ekki að sitja lengi í biðstofunni.
The girl does not want to sit long in the waiting room.
Stelpan er veik en hún kemur samt.
The girl is sick but she is still coming.
Stelpan er snjöll í stærðfræði líka.
The girl is smart in math as well.
Stelpan er stressuð, en hún kemur samt.
The girl is stressed, but she is still coming.
Brandarinn er svo fyndinn að stelpan gleymir að hún var leið.
The joke is so funny that the girl forgets that she was sad.
Stelpan grætur stundum yfir bíómyndum, þó að hún viti að þær séu bara sögur.
The girl sometimes cries at movies, although she knows that they are just stories.
Stelpan dansar með frænda sínum og frænku sinni.
The girl dances with her (own) uncle and her (own) aunt.
Stelpan teiknar augun sín mjög stór á blaðið.
The girl draws her eyes very big on the page.
Forvitin stelpa spyr ferðamanninn um veðrið á eyjunni.
A curious girl asks the tourist about the weather on the island.
Stelpan lærir á píanó.
The girl is learning to play the piano.
Stelpan lærir á gítar.
The girl is learning to play the guitar.
Strákurinn er hærri en stelpan.
The boy is taller than the girl.
Í listasafninu lærir stelpan ný orð í dagbókina sína í stað þess að leiðast.
In the art museum the girl learns new words for her diary instead of being bored.
Stelpan talar um tilfinningar sínar við vinkonu í stað þess að hugsa um þær ein.
The girl talks about her feelings with a (female) friend instead of thinking about them alone.
Stelpan er líka feimin þegar hún kynnir sig í partíinu.
The girl is also shy when she introduces herself at the party.
Eftir súpuna pöntum við eftirrétt, því stelpan vill eitthvað sætt.
After the soup we order dessert, because the girl wants something sweet.
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