befinna
Meaning
find/be situated
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att befinna | to find/be situated |
|---|---|---|
| Present | befinner | jag befinner |
| Past | befann | jag befann |
| Supine | befunnit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har befunnit | jag har befunnit |
| Past perfect | hade befunnit | jag hade befunnit |
| Future | ska befinna | or: kommer att befinna |
| Conditional | skulle befinna | jag skulle befinna |
| Imperative | befinn! | a command |
| Present participle | befinnande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | befunnen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | befinnas |
|---|---|
| Present | befinns |
| Past | befanns |
| Supine | befunnits |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use befinner. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise befinna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (befinna). Which is the past tense?
befinna in a sentence
- Vi befinner oss nu på den plats där Martin Luther King höll sitt berömda tal.We find ourselves now at the precise spot where Martin Luther King held his famous speech.
- Antag att vi har en atom som befinner sig i sitt grundtillstånd.Suppose that we have an atom in its ground state.
Questions
What does befinna mean in English?
befinna means “find/be situated”.
What is the past tense of befinna?
The past tense of befinna is befann (“jag befann”). The supine is befunnit, used in “jag har befunnit”.
What is the present tense of befinna?
befinner, the same for every person: jag befinner, du befinner, vi befinner.
Origin
From Middle Low German bevinden, from Old Saxon bifindan.
Nearby common words
befinna is number 1,913 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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