No. 483 in Icelandic
mínútum
"Minutes" (plural form).
In a sentence
Hún kemur eftir fimm mínútum.
She will arrive in five minutes.
Here, "mínútum" is the dative plural of "mínúta" (minute) and is used to express a timeframe of when an action will happen.
Þeir biðu í tuttugu mínútum.
They waited for twenty minutes.
In this example, "mínútum" is again the dative plural, used to indicate the duration of the waiting period.
Við hittum þá fyrir nokkrum mínútum.
We met them a few minutes ago.
Here "mínútum" functions similarly as dative plural but indicates a past timeframe relative to now.
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