Usages of húsvörðurinn
Húsvörðurinn sagði að dyrasíminn hefði verið bilaður í þrjátíu daga.
The caretaker said that the intercom had been broken for thirty days.
Húsvörðurinn opnar póstlúguna þegar hún festist.
The caretaker opens the mail slot when it gets stuck.
Ef húsvörðurinn kæmi fyrr á morgnana yrði anddyrið hlýrra og hreinna.
If the caretaker came earlier in the mornings, the lobby would become warmer and cleaner.
Á sumrin nota fjörutíu íbúar hjólageymsluna, segir húsvörðurinn.
In the summer forty residents use the bike storage room, says the caretaker.
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.
Póstlúgan er föst aftur, svo ég hringi í húsvörðinn.
The mail slot is stuck again, so I call the caretaker.
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