kunna

Skilgreiningar

1. to know (by heart), know a skill
   preterite-present, verb
2. can: to know how to
   preterite-present, verb
3. may, might (denoting possibility)
   preterite-present, verb

Dæmi

“Hún kann enga þýsku.”

She doesn't know any German.

“Ég kunni þetta kvæði einu sinni utanað.”

I used to know this poem by heart.

“Um hvað ertu að tala? Auðvitað kann ég að synda.”

What are you talking about? Of course I can swim.

“Enginn er maður með mönnum nema hann kunni að skjóta.”

A man's not a man unless he knows how to shoot.

“Þetta kann að vera of seint.”

It may already be too late.

“Viðbrögð hans kunna að virðast undarleg.”

His reaction might seem strange.

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