Usages of sextán
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.
Ferjan fer eftir fimmtán mínútur, og ferðin tekur um sextán mínútur í dag.
The ferry leaves in fifteen minutes, and the trip takes about sixteen minutes today.
Á reikningnum stóð sautján þúsund krónur, en hún hélt að það væru bara sextán.
The bill said seventeen thousand kroner, but she thought it was only sixteen.
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