No. 480 in Icelandic
hvar
"Where."
In a sentence
Hvar ertu núna?
Where are you now?
Here, 'hvar' is used as an interrogative pronoun to inquire about a location.
Ég velti því fyrir mér hvar þau gætu verið.
I wonder where they might be.
In this sentence, 'hvar' functions within a subordinate clause to indicate a sense of uncertainty about a location.
Manstu hvar við hittumst síðast?
Do you remember where we met last time?
Here, 'hvar' is part of a question embedded within the main sentence, connecting the act of remembering with a location.
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