bita
Meaning
bite
In Swedish: sätta tänderna i (för att äta, attackera etc)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att bita | to bite |
|---|---|---|
| Present | biter | jag biter |
| Past | bet | jag bet |
| Supine | bitit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har bitit | jag har bitit |
| Past perfect | hade bitit | jag hade bitit |
| Future | ska bita | or: kommer att bita |
| Conditional | skulle bita | jag skulle bita |
| Imperative | bit! | a command |
| Present participle | bitande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | biten | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | bitas |
|---|---|
| Present | bits |
| Past | bets |
| Supine | bitits |
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 biter. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise bita
1 / 2Yesterday I … (bita). Which is the past tense?
bita in a sentence
- Lägg blandade grönsaker som bitats i lergrytans botten.Put mixed vegetables that have been diced in the bottom of the clay pot.
Expressions
- få något att bita iget sth. to get one's teeth into
Questions
What does bita mean in English?
bita means “bite”.
What is the past tense of bita?
The past tense of bita is bet (“jag bet”). The supine is bitit, used in “jag har bitit”.
What is the present tense of bita?
biter, the same for every person: jag biter, du biter, vi biter.
Origin
From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
Nearby common words
bita is number 1,672 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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