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  1. Icelandic
  2. /The impersonal pronoun (maður)
  3. /merkið

merkið

merkið
the sign (mark, symbol) / the signal
From Lesson 165:The impersonal pronoun (maður)·Icelandic

Usages of merkið

Þetta er merki, svo maður verður að vara sig.
It is a sign, so you have to watch out.
Ef maður sér slæmt merki forðast maður staðinn.
If you see a bad sign, you avoid the place.
Sendirinn er að fá merki einhvaðan.
The transmitter is getting a signal from somewhere.
Veðurblaðran fauk eitthvert þannig að við misstum merkið.
The weather balloon blew somewhere so that we lost the signal.
Ratsjáin sér nýtt merki koma einhvaðan.
The radar sees a new signal coming from somewhere.
Ratsjáin fann tækið með því að hlusta eftir merkinu.
The radar found the device by listening for the signal.

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