Usages of eftir
Börnin læra sanngirni þegar þau deila kökunni og bíða rólega eftir röðinni sinni.
The children learn fairness when they share the cake and wait calmly for their turn.
Við göngum í skóginn eftir vinnu.
We walk into the forest after work.
Í dag biðum við fimmtán mínútur eftir strætónum og gengum síðan sextán mínútur heim.
Today we waited fifteen minutes for the bus and then walked sixteen minutes home.
Ég beið í sextíu mínútur eftir pakkanum, en konan sem kom með hann fann ekki rétta dyrasímann.
I waited sixty minutes for the package, but the woman who brought it could not find the right intercom.
Hún sagði að hún hefði beðið í sextíu mínútur eftir húsvörðinum í anddyrinu.
She said that she had waited sixty minutes for the caretaker in the lobby.
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