färga
Meaning
colour
In Swedish: ge (en viss) färg åt
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att färga | to colour |
|---|---|---|
| Present | färgar | jag färgar |
| Past | färgade | jag färgade |
| Supine | färgat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har färgat | jag har färgat |
| Past perfect | hade färgat | jag hade färgat |
| Future | ska färga | or: kommer att färga |
| Conditional | skulle färga | jag skulle färga |
| Imperative | färga! | a command |
| Present participle | färgande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | färgad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | färgas |
|---|---|
| Present | färgas |
| Past | färgades |
| Supine | färgats |
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 färgar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise färga
1 / 2Yesterday I … (färga). Which is the past tense?
färga in a sentence
- en personligt färgad iakttagelsea personal observation
Questions
What does färga mean in English?
färga means “colour”.
What is the past tense of färga?
The past tense of färga is färgade (“jag färgade”). The supine is färgat, used in “jag har färgat”.
What is the present tense of färga?
färgar, the same for every person: jag färgar, du färgar, vi färgar.
Origin
färg + -a
Nearby common words
färga is number 3,360 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary