kláraði

Kláraði is the past tense form of the Icelandic verb klára, meaning to finish or to complete. It functions as the simple past (preterite) indicative form and is used with singular subjects. Because the past tense of regular verbs in Icelandic often shares the same form across different persons, kláraði can appear with I, you, or he/she/it as the subject, depending on the sentence context.

In full conjugation, the past tense forms of klára are typically:

- ég kláraði (I finished)

- þú kláraðir (you finished)

- hann/hún/ það kláraði (he/she/it finished)

- við kláruðum (we finished)

- þið kláruðuð (you all finished)

- þeir/þær/ þau kláruðu (they finished)

The present tense is klárar (he/she finishes), and the past passive is klárað/klárað var, depending on construction. Kláraði is commonly used in everyday speech and formal writing to report completed actions in the past, such as in: “Ég kláraði verkefnið í gær” (I finished the assignment yesterday).

Etymology and related forms: the verb klára is a transitive verb meaning to finish or complete a task or process. The form kláraði originates from this verb and is one of the standard past tense forms in Icelandic conjugation. The word is widely recognized across dialects of Icelandic and appears in a range of registers from casual conversation to journalism and literature.

See also: klára (to finish), klárun (completion), Icelandic verb conjugation.