färdas
Meaning
travel
In Swedish: resa, ta sig fram
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att färdas | to travel |
|---|---|---|
| Present | färdas | jag färdas |
| Past | färdades | jag färdades |
| Supine | färdats | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har färdats | jag har färdats |
| Past perfect | hade färdats | jag hade färdats |
| Future | ska färdas | or: kommer att färdas |
| Conditional | skulle färdas | jag skulle färdas |
| Imperative | färdas! | a command |
färdas is a deponent verb: it ends in -s in every form but has an active meaning, so it has no separate passive. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use färdas. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise färdas
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färdas in a sentence
- färdas med tågtravel by train
Questions
What does färdas mean in English?
färdas means “travel”.
What is the past tense of färdas?
The past tense of färdas is färdades (“jag färdades”). The supine is färdats, used in “jag har färdats”.
What is the present tense of färdas?
färdas, the same for every person: jag färdas, du färdas, vi färdas.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish færþas, equivalent to färd (“journey”) + -a + -s.
Nearby common words
färdas is number 3,099 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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