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opnast

opnast
to open (by itself)
From Lesson 22:Middle voice verbs (-st)·Icelandic

Usages of opnast

Hurðin opnast bara.
The door just opens.
Hurðin opnast og það hræðir mig.
The door opens and it scares me.
Ef gáttin opnaðist, myndu geimverurnar eyðileggja reikistjörnuna.
If the portal opened, the aliens would destroy the planet.
Við þurfum rétta kóðann, annars opnast lásinn ekki.
We need the right code, otherwise the lock does not open.
Settu lykilinn í lásinn, annars opnast hurðin ekki.
Put the key in the lock, otherwise the door does not open.
Ég skar kókoshnetuna með spjótinu þangað til hún opnaðist.
I cut the coconut with the spear until it opened.
Vélbúnaðurinn byrjar að hreyfast þannig að hurðin opnast.
The mechanism starts to move so that the door opens.
Við setjum segulinn á lásinn þannig að leynihólfið opnast.
We put the magnet on the lock so that the secret compartment opens.

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