Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

dala

descend, fall, go down, sink

Meaning

descend; fall; go down; sink

In Swedish: sjunka sakta

Conjugation

Conjugation of dala (descend)
Infinitive	att dala	to descend
Present	dalar	jag dalar
Past	dalade	jag dalade
Supine	dalat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dalat	jag har dalat
Past perfect	hade dalat	jag hade dalat
Future	ska dala	or: kommer att dala
Conditional	skulle dala	jag skulle dala
Imperative	dala!	a command
Present participle	dalande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	dalad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of dala
Infinitive	dalas
Present	dalas
Past	dalades
Supine	dalats

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 dalar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

dala in a sentence

vårt mod dalade
our courage sank
solen dalar
the sun is setting

Questions

What does dala mean in English?

dala means “descend, fall”.

What is the past tense of dala?

The past tense of dala is dalade (“jag dalade”). The supine is dalat, used in “jag har dalat”.

What is the present tense of dala?

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

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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