2á prep /adv
A. prep (acc)
1. (um hreyfingu/of movement) on, onto, in, into
hlaupa ~ vegginn
run into the wall
ganga ~ fjöll
go mountain climbing
fara ~ bókasafnið
go to the library
2. (um tíma/of time) on, in
~ mánudaginn
on Monday
~ morgun
tomorrow
~ morgnana
in the morning(s)
~ veturna
in (the) winter
tvisvar ~ dag
twice a day
B. prep (dat)
1. (um stað/of place) on, in, at
~ götunni
on the street
~ horninu
at the corner
~ Íslandi
in Iceland
2. (um tengsl/of relations)
nafn ~ e-u
name of sth
eyrun ~ mér
my ears
gluggarnir ~ húsinu
the windows of the house
skortur ~ timbri
lack of timber
3. (um tíma/of time) in, at
~ einni viku
in a week
~ jólunum
at Christmas
hún er ~ níunda árinu
she is eight (going on nine)
~ þeim tíma
at that time
gera e-ð ~ tíu dögum
do sth in the course of ten days
4. phrases
bók ~ ensku
a book in English
þekkja e-n ~ röddinni
know sby by his voice
C. adv
myrkur var ~
darkness had fallen
honum liggur ~
he's in a hurry
það finnst ~, það sér ~
it shows, one can see it
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