babbla
Meaning
babble
In Swedish: prata osammanhängande
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att babbla | to babble |
|---|---|---|
| Present | babblar | jag babblar |
| Past | babblade | jag babblade |
| Supine | babblat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har babblat | jag har babblat |
| Past perfect | hade babblat | jag hade babblat |
| Future | ska babbla | or: kommer att babbla |
| Conditional | skulle babbla | jag skulle babbla |
| Imperative | babbla! | a command |
| Present participle | babblande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | babblas |
|---|---|
| Present | babblas |
| Past | babblades |
| Supine | babblats |
Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use babblar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise babbla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (babbla). Which is the past tense?
babbla in a sentence
- Vad babblar han om?What's he on about?
Questions
What does babbla mean in English?
babbla means “babble”.
What is the past tense of babbla?
The past tense of babbla is babblade (“jag babblade”). The supine is babblat, used in “jag har babblat”.
What is the present tense of babbla?
babblar, the same for every person: jag babblar, du babblar, vi babblar.
Similar words
Origin
Onomatopoeic.
Nearby common words
babbla is number 5,218 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,214fe fairy
- 5,215konkurrent competitor
- 5,216onormal abnormal
- 5,217re Variation of reda
- 5,219dimension dimension
- 5,220återgälda repay
- 5,221insatsstyrka task force
- 5,222baklucka a trunklid, a tailgate, a rear hatch or door (of a vehicle), a trunk (of a car; the closed storage space inside the trunklid or tailgate)
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