No. 414 in Icelandic
vegagerðarinnar
"The Road Administration's" or "of the Road Administration."
In a sentence
Vegna vegagerðarinnar þarf bíllinn að aka krókaleið í dag.
Due to the road construction, the car must take a detour today.
The word 'vegagerðarinnar' refers to the road construction, showing possession and an action affecting the subject.
Við fengum nýjar upplýsingar frá vegagerðarinnar um lokanir á veginum.
We received new information from the road authority about road closures.
'Vegagerðarinnar' here denotes the road authority, indicating an institutional entity.
Starfsmenn vegagerðarinnar unnu ötullega í að opna veginn eftir snjóflóðið.
The employees of the road administration worked diligently to open the road after the avalanche.
In this sentence, 'vegagerðarinnar' represents the administrative organization tasked with managing roads.
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