gista

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Verb

gista (third person singular past indicative gisti, supine gist)

  1. to lodge

Conjugation

Conjugation of gista (group v-7)
infinitive gista
supine gist
participle (a5)1 gistandi gistur
present past
first singular gisti gisti
second singular gistir gisti
third singular gistir gisti
plural gista gistu
imperative
singular gist!
plural gistið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

"gista" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

gista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gisti, supine gist)

  1. to stay the night, sleep over
    Viltu gista?
    Do you want to stay the night?
    Má ég gista hjá Einari?
    May I sleep over with Einar?
    Má ég gista heima hjá Einari?
    May I stay at Einar's place?

Usage notes

  • When referring to the person one is sleeping over with the conjunction hjá is used.

Conjugation

gista — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að gista
supine
(sagnbót) 		gist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		gistandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég gisti við gistum present
(nútíð) 		ég gisti við gistum
þú gistir þið gistið þú gistir þið gistið
hann, hún, það gistir þeir, þær, þau gista hann, hún, það gisti þeir, þær, þau gisti
past
(þátíð) 		ég gisti við gistum past
(þátíð) 		ég gisti við gistum
þú gistir þið gistuð þú gistir þið gistuð
hann, hún, það gisti þeir, þær, þau gistu hann, hún, það gisti þeir, þær, þau gistu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		gist (þú) gistið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gistu gistiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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