Usages of sakna
Ég sakna þess manns.
I miss that man.
Við söknum þeirrar konu mjög mikið.
We miss that woman very much.
Ég sakna þess staðar.
I miss that place.
Nemandinn saknar móðurmáls síns.
The student misses his own mother tongue.
Þegar þau bjuggu í útlöndum söknuðu þau föðurlands síns.
When they lived abroad, they missed their own fatherland.
Þeir sakna hefða sinna.
They miss their own traditions.
Hann saknar uppruna síns.
He misses his own origin.
Nemandinn saknar heimalands síns mikið og þessi tilfinning er sterk.
The student misses his home country a lot, and this feeling is strong.
Nágranninn saknar vina sinna út af þessari djúpu tengingu.
The neighbor misses his friends because of this deep connection.
Af hverju saknar þú fortíðarinnar?
Why do you miss the past?
Ég sakna sveitarinnar mjög mikið.
I miss the countryside a lot.
Saknar þú æskunnar?
Do you miss your youth?
Sjúklingurinn segir að vinurinn sakni sín.
The patient says that his friend misses him.
Hann er mjög óöruggur og heldur að kennarinn sakni sín ekki.
He is very insecure and thinks that the teacher does not miss him.
Þær eru traustar vinkonur og sakna hvor annarrar.
They are reliable friends and miss each other (two females).
Við fögnum endurkomunni til þess að hún viti að við söknum hennar.
We celebrate the return so that she knows that we miss her.
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