No. 306 in Icelandic
sjö
The Icelandic word "sjö" means "seven" in English.
In a sentence
Ég vaknaði klukkan sjö í morgun.
I woke up at seven o'clock this morning.
Here, 'sjö' is a numeral used to denote the specific time at which the action occurred.
Við hittum sjö vini á tónleikunum.
We met seven friends at the concert.
In this sentence, 'sjö' specifies the number of friends met, demonstrating its role as a cardinal numeral.
'Sjö' er talan sem kemur á eftir sex.
'Seven' is the number that comes after six.
'Sjö' appears as the subject of the sentence, emphasizing its identity as the numeral seven.
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