finna
Meaning
find
In Swedish: hitta, upptäcka; märka
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att finna | to find |
|---|---|---|
| Present | finner | jag finner |
| Past | fann | jag fann |
| Supine | funnit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har funnit | jag har funnit |
| Past perfect | hade funnit | jag hade funnit |
| Future | ska finna | or: kommer att finna |
| Conditional | skulle finna | jag skulle finna |
| Imperative | finn! | a command |
| Present participle | finnande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | funnen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | finnas |
|---|---|
| Present | finns |
| Past | fanns |
| Supine | funnits |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use finner. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise finna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (finna). Which is the past tense?
finna in a sentence
- orsaken står att finna i politiska krafters spelthe reason is to be found in the interplay of political forces
- finna lämpliga lösningar på ett problemfind suitable solutions to a problem
- jag finner att förslaget antagitsI find the motion carried
- jag finner förslaget märkligtI find the proposal to be remarkable
- Var kan man finna en kopp kaffe här i närheten?Where can you find a cup of coffee near here?
- Jag finner det mycket märkligt att ingen kan ta på sig ansvaret för det inträffade!I find it very strange that nobody is willing to take responsibility for what has happened!
- Det finns nå'nstans en blå planetThere exists somewhere, a blue planet
- Han såg sig i spegeln och fann sig vara en måsHe looked in the mirror and found himself to be a gull
Questions
What does finna mean in English?
finna means “find”.
What is the past tense of finna?
The past tense of finna is fann (“jag fann”). The supine is funnit, used in “jag har funnit”.
What is the present tense of finna?
finner, the same for every person: jag finner, du finner, vi finner.
Similar words
påträffathittapåträffalokalisera
Where the course teaches it
Origin
From Old Swedish finna, from Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).
Nearby common words
finna is number 158 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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