frita
Meaning
release; relieve
In Swedish: lösa, frigöra
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att frita | to release |
|---|---|---|
| Present | fritar | jag fritar |
| Past | fritog | jag fritog |
| Supine | fritagit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har fritagit | jag har fritagit |
| Past perfect | hade fritagit | jag hade fritagit |
| Future | ska frita | or: kommer att frita |
| Conditional | skulle frita | jag skulle frita |
| Imperative | frita! | a command |
| Present participle | fritagande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | fritagen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | fritas |
|---|---|
| Present | fritas |
| Past | fritogs |
| Supine | fritagits |
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 fritar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise frita
1 / 2Yesterday I … (frita). Which is the past tense?
frita in a sentence
- frita sig från ansvardisclaim responsibility
Questions
What does frita mean in English?
frita means “release, relieve”.
What is the past tense of frita?
The past tense of frita is fritog (“jag fritog”). The supine is fritagit, used in “jag har fritagit”.
What is the present tense of frita?
fritar, the same for every person: jag fritar, du fritar, vi fritar.
Origin
By surface analysis, fri + ta.
Nearby common words
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