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Usages of þær
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.
Þær drekka kaffi á morgnana.
They drink coffee in the mornings.
Eldspýturnar brenna ekki, því þær eru blautar.
The matches don’t burn, because they are wet.
Þær byrjuðu að rífast í eldhúsinu, og rifrildið stóð lengur en ég bjóst við.
They started arguing in the kitchen, and the argument lasted longer than I expected.
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