fortsätta
Meaning
continue; go on; keep on; carry on
In Swedish: hålla på, hålla igång
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att fortsätta | to continue |
|---|---|---|
| Present | fortsätter | jag fortsätter |
| Past | fortsatte | jag fortsatte |
| Supine | fortsatt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har fortsatt | jag har fortsatt |
| Past perfect | hade fortsatt | jag hade fortsatt |
| Future | ska fortsätta | or: kommer att fortsätta |
| Conditional | skulle fortsätta | jag skulle fortsätta |
| Imperative | fortsätt! | a command |
| Present participle | fortsättande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | fortsatt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | fortsättas |
|---|---|
| Present | fortsätts |
| Past | fortsattes |
| Supine | fortsatts |
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 fortsätter. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise fortsätta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (fortsätta). Which is the past tense?
fortsätta in a sentence
- åskvädret fortsatte hela nattenthe thunderstorm went on all night
- hon fortsatte sin berättelseshe went on with her story
- de fortsätter att försöka lösa tvistenthey are continuing their efforts to resolve the dispute
Questions
What does fortsätta mean in English?
fortsätta means “continue, go on”.
What is the past tense of fortsätta?
The past tense of fortsätta is fortsatte (“jag fortsatte”). The supine is fortsatt, used in “jag har fortsatt”.
What is the present tense of fortsätta?
fortsätter, the same for every person: jag fortsätter, du fortsätter, vi fortsätter.
Similar words
gå vidarefortgå
Origin
fort- + sätta
Nearby common words
fortsätta is number 279 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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