flyga
Meaning
fly
In Swedish: ta sig fram i luften (med hjälp av vingar), sväva
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att flyga | to fly |
|---|---|---|
| Present | flyger | jag flyger |
| Past | flög | jag flög |
| Supine | flugit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har flugit | jag har flugit |
| Past perfect | hade flugit | jag hade flugit |
| Future | ska flyga | or: kommer att flyga |
| Conditional | skulle flyga | jag skulle flyga |
| Imperative | flyg! | a command |
| Present participle | flygande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | flugen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | flygas |
|---|---|
| Present | flygs |
| Past | flögs |
| Supine | flugits |
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 flyger. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise flyga
1 / 2Yesterday I … (flyga). Which is the past tense?
flyga in a sentence
- Flyg, fula fluga, flyg! Och den fula flugan flög. (tongue twister)Fly, ugly fly, fly! And the ugly fly flew.
- flygande reporterroving reporter
- Det är en liten meny, så allting flyger.It’s a small menu, so every dish is spot on.
Questions
What does flyga mean in English?
flyga means “fly”.
What is the past tense of flyga?
The past tense of flyga is flög (“jag flög”). The supine is flugit, used in “jag har flugit”.
What is the present tense of flyga?
flyger, the same for every person: jag flyger, du flyger, vi flyger.
Where the course teaches it
Origin
From Old Swedish flȳgha, from Old Norse fljúga, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.
Nearby common words
flyga is number 769 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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