No. 888 in Icelandic

samningurinn

"The agreement"

In a sentence

Samningurinn var undirritaður í dag.
The agreement was signed today.
In this sentence, 'samningurinn' means 'the agreement’ and is the subject of the verb 'var undirritaður' (was signed).
Við tölum um málefni tengd við samningurinn.
We are discussing issues related to the agreement.
Here, 'samningurinn' is used as the object of the preposition 'við' (about) within a prepositional phrase.
Hann las samningurinn vandlega áður en hann samþykkti.
He read the agreement carefully before approving it.
In this context, 'samningurinn' is directly the object of the verb 'las' (read).

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