Translation execise to "Eldgos í Heimaey"
| English sentence | Translate to Icelandic: |
| There was a volcanic eruption near the town. | |
| Everybody should listen to the radio. | |
| No one was allowed to take anything with him. | |
| Luckily, the fishing boats were in the harbour. | |
| Most of them got aboard the boats. | |
| The people saw the glowing lava. | |
| The cinder covered the houses in the town. | |
| The lava streamed over many houses. | |
| The lava streamed towards the harbour. | |
| They hosed cold sea water on the lava. | |
| The islanders were refugees in Iceland. | |
| Everybody got a place to live and a job. | |
| The islanders built new houses and repaired the old ones. | |
| They put old nets over the cinder. | |
| The new lava will be hot for a 100 years. | |
| The islanders get hot water from the lava. | |
| They bake bread in the lava. | |
| The new volcano will not erupt again for a while. | |
| Icelanders are used to volcanoes. |