No. 685 in Icelandic
komist
The Icelandic word "komist" means "able to reach" or "managed to get" in English.
In a sentence
Ég hef komist að niðurstöðu.
I have come to a conclusion.
Here, 'komist' is used as the past participle of 'komast', indicating reaching or coming to a decision.
Við komumst alla leið á áfangastað.
We made it all the way to the destination.
In this sentence, 'komust' is the past tense plural form of 'komast', meaning successfully arrived or reached.
Ef þú hefðir komist fyrr, hefðum við byrjað á réttum tíma.
If you had made it earlier, we would have started on time.
Here, 'komist' is used in the past subjunctive form, illustrating a hypothetical situation of arrival.
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