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Learn Icelandic: bærinn - the town

Icelandic
/Directional prepositions (um, í, á)
/bærinn

bærinn

Word

bærinn

Meaning

the town

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

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Directional prepositions (um, í, á)

Usages of bærinn

Þau ganga um bæinn.

They are walking around the town.

Keyrir þú ekki um bæinn?

Don't you drive around the town?

Hann labbaði í bæinn um helgina.

He walked to town over the weekend.

Hún hjólaði líka í bæinn í gær.

She also cycled to town yesterday.

Sjötíu og sjö bílar keyra um bæinn.

Seventy-seven cars drive around the town.

Bærinn er öruggari en borgin.

The town is safer than the city.

Hann er besti kokkurinn í bænum.

He is the best chef in town.

Ég bý vestur í bænum.

I live west in town.

Fjölskyldan gætir öryggis síns í bænum.

The family watches over its own safety in the town.

Sjóræninginn myndi ræna bæinn.

The pirate would rob the town.

Goðsögnin segir að gamli bærinn sé reimtur.

The legend says that the old town is haunted.

Þeir keyra að staurunum í bænum.

They drive to the poles in the town.

Bærinn er fyrir sunnan þorpið.

The town is south of the village.

Hann ók of hratt í gegnum bæinn.

He drove too fast through the town.

Hún rekur lítið fyrirtæki í bænum.

She runs a small company in town.

Framhaldsskólinn er stærsti skólinn í bænum.

The upper secondary school is the biggest school in town.

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