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bekanta

acquaintances, mates, acquaint, familiarize, make familiar

Meaning

acquaintances; mates; acquaint, familiarize, make familiar

Conjugation

Conjugation of bekanta (acquaintances)
Infinitive	att bekanta	to acquaintances
Present	bekantar	jag bekantar
Past	bekantade	jag bekantade
Supine	bekantat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bekantat	jag har bekantat
Past perfect	hade bekantat	jag hade bekantat
Future	ska bekanta	or: kommer att bekanta
Conditional	skulle bekanta	jag skulle bekanta
Imperative	bekanta!	a command
Present participle	bekantande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bekantad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bekanta
Infinitive	bekantas
Present	bekantas
Past	bekantades
Supine	bekantats

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 bekantar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise bekanta

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Yesterday I … (bekanta). Which is the past tense?

bekanta in a sentence

Den första dagen bekantade vi oss med omgivningen.
The first day we familiarized ourselves with the surroundings.

Questions

What does bekanta mean in English?

bekanta means “acquaintances, mates”.

What is the past tense of bekanta?

The past tense of bekanta is bekantade (“jag bekantade”). The supine is bekantat, used in “jag har bekantat”.

What is the present tense of bekanta?

bekantar, the same for every person: jag bekantar, du bekantar, vi bekantar.

Nearby common words

bekanta is number 4,318 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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