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Learn Icelandic: því - it dative

Icelandic
/Dative personal pronouns (honum, henni, þeim)
/því

því

Word

því

Meaning

it (dative)

Part of speech

pronoun

Pronunciation

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Dative personal pronouns (honum, henni, þeim)

Usages of því

Trúir þú því?

Do you believe it?

Maðurinn lofar því.

The man promises it.

Hann er farinn niður, af því að hann myndi hafa séð eftir því uppi.

He has gone down, because he would have regretted it up there.

Ég gæti hafa varað þig við, en þú myndir hafa séð eftir því.

I could have warned you, but you would have regretted it.

Sjúklingurinn trúir því að hugarfarið bæli sjálfsmyndina hjá sér.

The patient believes that the mindset suppresses his self-image.

Maðurinn var nærri því drukknaður í ánni.

The man almost drowned in the river.

Bíllinn var nærri því kraminn undir trénu.

The car was almost crushed under the tree.

Þau voru nærri því soltin til dauða í skóginum.

They almost starved to death in the forest.

Strákurinn var nærri því frosinn úti í kuldanum.

The boy almost froze out in the cold.

Kötturinn var nærri því dottinn af þakinu.

The cat almost fell off the roof.

Barnið var nærri því drukknað en það notaði björgunarvestið.

The child almost drowned, but they used the life jacket.

Konan var nærri því kramin í slysinu.

The woman was almost crushed in the accident.

Þeir trúa því að lækningin sé leyndardómur.

They believe that the healing is a mystery.

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