Questions & Answers about Ég tæmi glasið áður en ég fer heim.
Tæmi comes from the verb að tæma, which means to empty, to drain, or to finish off.
In this sentence, Ég tæmi glasið means something like:
- I empty the glass
- I finish the drink in the glass
So it can be literal, or it can imply finishing what is in the glass.
It is 1st person singular present tense:
- ég tæmi = I empty / I finish
The dictionary form is að tæma = to empty.
So the pattern is:
- að tæma = infinitive
- ég tæmi = I empty
- þú tæmir = you empty
- hann/hún/það tæmir = he/she/it empties