svara

This is the 779th most frequent Icelandic word.


svara

To answer.


Here, 'svaraði' is the past tense of 'svara', and it means 'answered'. It demonstrates responding to a question or prompt.

Ég svaraði kennaranum í tíma.

I answered the teacher in class.


Here, 'svaraðu' is the imperative form of 'svara', which is used when giving a direct command or request to answer.

Vinsamlegast svaraðu þessum spurningum.

Please answer these questions.


In this example, 'svaraði' is again used in the past tense, indicating a delayed response, showing the temporal aspect of answering.

Hún svaraði ekki strax, því hún þurfti að hugsa.

She didn't answer immediately, as she needed to think.