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Learn Hardcore Icelandic: standa - to stand

Hardcore Icelandic
/Lesson 25
/standa

standa

Word

standa

Meaning

to stand

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Icelandic

Lesson

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.

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