Þjónusta og peningar — services and money

At the counter

þjónustufulltrúinn is the customer-service representative, afgreiðslukonan the shop assistant. When the service is good you can hrósa (+ dative) — to praise: Ég hrósaði þjónustufulltrúanum fyrir hjálpina. You already know kvarta for the opposite direction.

Money words

wordmeaning
frírfree (of charge)
lániðthe loan
til bakaback (change, returning)
númeriðthe number

til baka covers both directions of returning: Ég fékk hundrað krónur til baka. and koma til baka, to come back. lánið is what the bank gives you for blokkin (the block of flats) — or the garden shed, skúrinn.

Around town

stöðin is the station — strætóstöð, bensínstöð, lögreglustöð all end in her. listasafnið is the art museum; safnið you know from lesson 73.

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