fota
Meaning
take a photo, snap
In Swedish: fotografera
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att fota | to take a photo |
|---|---|---|
| Present | fotar | jag fotar |
| Past | fotade | jag fotade |
| Supine | fotat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har fotat | jag har fotat |
| Past perfect | hade fotat | jag hade fotat |
| Future | ska fota | or: kommer att fota |
| Conditional | skulle fota | jag skulle fota |
| Imperative | fota! | a command |
| Present participle | fotande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | fotad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | fotas |
|---|---|
| Present | fotas |
| Past | fotades |
| Supine | fotats |
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 fotar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise fota
1 / 2Yesterday I … (fota). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does fota mean in English?
fota means “take a photo, snap”.
What is the past tense of fota?
The past tense of fota is fotade (“jag fotade”). The supine is fotat, used in “jag har fotat”.
What is the present tense of fota?
fotar, the same for every person: jag fotar, du fotar, vi fotar.
Origin
Clipping of fotografera.
Nearby common words
fota is number 3,147 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. Browse the dictionary