af

Usages of af

Penninn dettur af borðinu.
The pen falls off the table.
Hún þurrkar vatnið af borðinu.
She wipes the water off the table.
Hún tekur gleraugun af borðinu og gefur mér þau.
She takes the glasses off the table and gives them to me.
Frostið á rúðunni er svo mikið að ég þarf að skafa það af áður en ég fer.
The frost on the window is so heavy that I need to scrape it off before I go.
Á nóttunni kemur oft frost, en um hádegið bráðnar það af rúðunum.
At night there is often frost, but around noon it melts off the windows.
Hún þurrkar vatnið af borðinu með tusku.
She wipes the water off the table with a cloth.
Ef rakvélin virkar ekki, þarf hún að þvo froðuna af sér í handlauginni og reyna aftur seinna.
If the razor does not work, she has to wash the foam off herself in the sink and try again later.
Ein þvottaklemma datt af þvottasnúrunni, svo hún tók aðra úr vasanum.
One clothespin fell off the clothesline, so she took another out of her pocket.
Ég nota svuntu þegar ég elda, en hún notar viskustykki þegar hún tekur heitan pott af eldavélinni.
I use an apron when I cook, but she uses a dish towel when she takes a hot pot off the stove.
Þau horfðu á hvort annað og hlógu þegar tappinn datt af flöskunni.
They looked at each other and laughed when the cap fell off the bottle.
Teskeiðin datt af borðinu.
The teaspoon fell off the table.
Hún klippir eina grein af runnanum af því að laufin eru að visna.
She cuts one branch off the bush because the leaves are starting to wither.
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