Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

blåljuga

to lie outright, to lie through one's teeth

Meaning

to lie outright, to lie through one's teeth

Conjugation

Conjugation of blåljuga (lie outright)
Infinitive	att blåljuga	to lie outright
Present	blåljuger	jag blåljuger
Past	blåljög	jag blåljög
Supine	blåljugit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har blåljugit	jag har blåljugit
Past perfect	hade blåljugit	jag hade blåljugit
Future	ska blåljuga	or: kommer att blåljuga
Conditional	skulle blåljuga	jag skulle blåljuga
Imperative	blåljug!	a command
Present participle	blåljugande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of blåljuga
Infinitive	blåljugas
Present	blåljugs
Past	blåljögs
Supine	blåljugits

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 blåljuger. See the four verb groups explained.

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Questions

What does blåljuga mean in English?

blåljuga means “to lie outright, to lie through one's teeth”.

What is the past tense of blåljuga?

The past tense of blåljuga is blåljög (“jag blåljög”). The supine is blåljugit, used in “jag har blåljugit”.

What is the present tense of blåljuga?

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

Origin

blå + ljuga

Nearby common words

blåljuga is number 1,133 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,129nyss just now
1,130spara to save, to store for future use, to save; write to a disc
1,131pari par (value equalling the face value)
1,132hota threaten, menace
1,134njuta enjoy
1,135tillstånd permission, state
1,136bära carry; wear
1,137ärlig honest

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