calla
Meaning
to call
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att calla | to call |
|---|---|---|
| Present | callar | jag callar |
| Past | callade | jag callade |
| Supine | callat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har callat | jag har callat |
| Past perfect | hade callat | jag hade callat |
| Future | ska calla | or: kommer att calla |
| Conditional | skulle calla | jag skulle calla |
| Imperative | calla! | a command |
| Present participle | callande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | callad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | callas |
|---|---|
| Present | callas |
| Past | callades |
| Supine | callats |
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 callar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise calla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (calla). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does calla mean in English?
calla means “to call”.
What is the past tense of calla?
The past tense of calla is callade (“jag callade”). The supine is callat, used in “jag har callat”.
What is the present tense of calla?
callar, the same for every person: jag callar, du callar, vi callar.
Nearby common words
calla is number 8,512 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 8,509förläggare publisher
- 8,510mållinje finishing-line
- 8,511page page, serving boy, pageboy (hairstyle)
- 8,513voodoo voodoo
- 8,514jojo Expresses irony or schadenfreude., Expresses that one (contrary to what the other person thinks) agrees (but has other objections).
- 8,515hundvalp a puppy (young dog)
- 8,517hedersord word of honor
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary