böna
böna as a verb
Meaning
plead (beg) for
In Swedish: be enträget (om något)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att böna | to plead |
|---|---|---|
| Present | bönar | jag bönar |
| Past | bönade | jag bönade |
| Supine | bönat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har bönat | jag har bönat |
| Past perfect | hade bönat | jag hade bönat |
| Future | ska böna | or: kommer att böna |
| Conditional | skulle böna | jag skulle böna |
| Imperative | böna! | a command |
| Present participle | bönande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | bönad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | bönas |
|---|---|
| Present | bönas |
| Past | bönades |
| Supine | bönats |
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 bönar. See the four verb groups explained.
böna as a noun(en böna)
Meaning
bean; chick; bird
In Swedish: grönsak av släktet Phaseolus
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en böna |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | bönan |
| Plural, indefinite | bönor |
| Plural, definite | bönorna |
böna is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor böna, den stora bönan. Check another noun
Practise böna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (böna). Which is the past tense?
böna in a sentence
- hon bönade och bad om hjälpshe begged for assistance
- Hon bönade för sitt liv.She pleaded for her life.
- vita bönorbaked [white] beans
Questions
What does böna mean in English?
böna means “plead (beg) for”.
Is it en böna or ett böna?
It is en böna, and “the bean” is bönan.
What is the plural of böna?
The plural of böna is bönor, and the definite plural is bönorna.
What is the past tense of böna?
The past tense of böna is bönade (“jag bönade”). The supine is bönat, used in “jag har bönat”.
What is the present tense of böna?
bönar, the same for every person: jag bönar, du bönar, vi bönar.
Similar words
pingla
Origin
From Old Swedish bøna, bøn, from Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-, *bʰabʰ-eh₂-.
Nearby common words
böna is number 4,093 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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