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duka

lay, (set (US)) the table

Meaning

lay, (set (US)) the table

In Swedish: göra i ordning (ett bord) för mat

Conjugation

Conjugation of duka (lay)
Infinitive	att duka	to lay
Present	dukar	jag dukar
Past	dukade	jag dukade
Supine	dukat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dukat	jag har dukat
Past perfect	hade dukat	jag hade dukat
Future	ska duka	or: kommer att duka
Conditional	skulle duka	jag skulle duka
Imperative	duka!	a command
Present participle	dukande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	dukad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of duka
Infinitive	dukas
Present	dukas
Past	dukades
Supine	dukats

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 dukar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

duka in a sentence

duka fram
put (dishes, food, etc.) on the table
duka av
clear the table
sätta sig vid ett dukat bord
have everything laid out (made easy)

Questions

What does duka mean in English?

duka means “lay, (set (US)) the table”.

What is the past tense of duka?

The past tense of duka is dukade (“jag dukade”). The supine is dukat, used in “jag har dukat”.

What is the present tense of duka?

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

Origin

duk + -a

Nearby common words

duka is number 2,663 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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2,660omöjlig impossible
2,661miljarder billion, billions
2,662besvara respond to, answer
2,664mången many a, many, many people
2,665lojal loyal
2,666anställd employed
2,667budskap message, announcement

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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