No. 779 in Icelandic
svara
To answer.
In a sentence
Ég svaraði kennaranum í tíma.
I answered the teacher in class.
Here, 'svaraði' is the past tense of 'svara', and it means 'answered'. It demonstrates responding to a question or prompt.
Hún svaraði ekki strax, því hún þurfti að hugsa.
She didn't answer immediately, as she needed to think.
In this example, 'svaraði' is again used in the past tense, indicating a delayed response, showing the temporal aspect of answering.
Vinsamlegast svaraðu þessum spurningum.
Please answer these questions.
Here, 'svaraðu' is the imperative form of 'svara', which is used when giving a direct command or request to answer.
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