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  1. Icelandic
  2. /Relative pronouns (sem)
  3. /fréttin

fréttin

fréttin
the news
From Lesson 106:Relative pronouns (sem)·Icelandic

Usages of fréttin

Blaðamaðurinn skrifar fréttina sem ég les alltaf.
The journalist writes the news that I always read.
Þetta er blaðamaðurinn sem skrifaði fréttina í gær.
This is the journalist who wrote the news yesterday.
Ég hef heyrt slúðrið, enda las ég fréttina.
I have heard the gossip, and indeed I read the news.
Þetta var sorgleg frétt.
This was sad news.
Fréttirnar voru neikvæðar í dag.
The news was negative today.
Hann les erlendar fréttir á hverjum degi.
He reads foreign news every day.
Hvernig brástu við fréttunum?
How did you react to the news?
Sannleikurinn er oft flóknari en fréttirnar.
The truth is often more complicated than the news.
Í fréttunum kom fram að veðrið yrði slæmt.
It was stated in the news that the weather would be bad.
Blaðið birtir fréttina á morgun.
The paper publishes the news story tomorrow.

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