standa

to stand

Usages of standa

• Á skiltinu stendur að það sé bannað að keyra hratt hér.: On the sign it says that it is forbidden to drive fast here.
• Ég vil ekki standa úti í myrkrinu.: I do not want to stand outside in the dark.
• Við biðum ekki standandi í ganginum; við vorum sitjandi á stólunum og töluðum rólega.: We did not wait standing in the hallway; we were sitting on the chairs and spoke quietly.
• Í bókinni standa sum orð í gæsalöppum, en restin er með lágstöfum.: In the book some words are in quotation marks, but the rest is in lowercase letters.
• Ég stend við bensíndæluna á meðan hún borgar inni.: I stand by the gas pump while she pays inside.
• Straubrettið stendur í horninu, og svuntan hangir á herðatrénu.: The ironing board stands in the corner, and the apron hangs on the hanger.
• Greinarnar á trénu hreyfast í vindinum, en blómin í beðinu standa kyrr.: The branches on the tree move in the wind, but the flowers in the flowerbed stand still.
• Atviksorðið stendur oft seint í setningunni.: The adverb often stands late in the sentence.
• Orðið stendur í sviga í bókinni.: The word stands in parentheses in the book.
• Það var uppselt í stóra salnum, svo sumir stóðu aftast.: It was sold out in the big hall, so some people stood at the back.
• Við stöndum aftast í röðinni.: We stand at the back of the line.

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