um prep /adv
A. prep (acc)
1. (varðandi) about, concerning
~ hvað ertu að tala?
what are you talking about?
spurning ~ peninga
a question of money
2. (um hreyfingu/of movement) through, around, across
áin rennur ~ dalinn
the river runs through the valley
hún fór út ~ gluggann
she went out through the window
slá hring ~ e-n
form a circle around sby
vestur ~ haf
west across the sea
ganga ~ gólf
walk up and down the floor, pace the floor
ganga ~ götur bæjarins
walk around the streets of the town
þeir fóru ~ Þingvelli
they went by way of Þ.
3. (um stað/of place) throughout, over, around
~ alla sveitina
throughout the district
víða ~ land
all over the country
breiður ~ herðar
broad across the shoulders
hafa klút ~ hálsinn
have a scarf around one's neck
4. (um tíma/of time) during, for, in, at
þetta gerðist ~ sumarið
this happened during the summer
~ nóttina
during the night
~ tíma, ~ stundarsakir
for a while
~ nokkur ár
for several years
~ haustið '79
in the autumn of '79
~ það leyti
at about that time
~ áramót
at the turn of the year
~ morguninn
in the morning, in the course of the morning
kl. átta ~ morguninn
at eight in the morning
~ daginn
the other day
hérna ~ morguninn
one morning a few days ago
5. (í námunda við, nærri) approximately
~ eitt kíló
about one kilo
hér ~ bil
approximately
maður ~ þrítugt
a man about thirty years old
6. (með tilliti til/in relation to, by)
hún líktist honum ~ margt
she resembled him in many ways
færðu bílinn ~ tvo metra
move the car two meters/(UK) metres
það er lítið ~ snjó í vetur
there is little snow this winter
7. phrases
~ leið
straight away
~ leið og
as soon as, at the same time as
láttu mig ~ það
leave that to me
hver ~ sig
each one of them, each in turn, each one on his/her own
~ of
too much
B. adv
það er ~ að gera að . . .
the important thing is to . . .
hvað er ~ að vera?
what's going on?
eins og ~ var talað
as was agreed
mér er ~ og ó
I don't like the look of this, I'm worried
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