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Icelandic frequency list

No. 35 in Icelandic

hér

"Here."

In a sentence

  • Ég er hér og bíð eftir þér.

    I am here waiting for you.

    The word "hér" signifies the physical location where the speaker is situated.

  • Hér getur þú séð fossinn.

    Here you can see the waterfall.

    The word "hér" points to the specific context or vicinity where the action (seeing the waterfall) is taking place.

  • Hér áður fyrr var þetta allt landbúnaður.

    In the past, this was all agriculture.

    The word "hér" refers to a temporal aspect, introducing a time frame from the past.

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