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Learn Icelandic: þjófurinn - the thief

Icelandic
/Past continuous (var að)
/þjófurinn

þjófurinn

Word

þjófurinn

Meaning

the thief

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Past continuous (var að)

Usages of þjófurinn

Þjófurinn var að hlaupa út.

The thief was running out.

Varst þú að fela þjófinn?

Were you hiding the thief?

Hundurinn var að elta þjófinn.

The dog was chasing the thief.

Var þjófurinn að flýja?

Was the thief fleeing?

Lögreglan var að handtaka þjófinn.

The police were arresting the thief.

Þjófurinn var að ljúga um vopnið.

The thief was lying about the weapon.

Lögreglan handtók þjófinn þann nítjánda september.

The police arrested the thief on the nineteenth of September.

Þjófurinn faldi sig átjánda og nítjánda júlí.

The thief hid on the eighteenth and nineteenth of July.

Rannsóknarmaðurinn segir að meinti þjófurinn hafi logið.

The investigator says that the alleged thief has lied.

Mér tekst að horfa á hvernig spæjarinn grípur þjófinn glóðvolgan.

I manage to watch the detective catching the thief red-handed.

Þegar þjófurinn finnur gildruna, þá notar hann töfrasprotann.

When the thief finds the trap, then he uses the magic wand.

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