Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

haja

get it

Meaning

get it

In Swedish: förstå, begripa

Conjugation

Conjugation of haja (get it)
Infinitive	att haja	to get it
Present	hajar	jag hajar
Past	hajade	jag hajade
Supine	hajat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hajat	jag har hajat
Past perfect	hade hajat	jag hade hajat
Future	ska haja	or: kommer att haja
Conditional	skulle haja	jag skulle haja
Imperative	haja!	a command
Present participle	hajande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hajad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of haja
Infinitive	hajas
Present	hajas
Past	hajades
Supine	hajats

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 hajar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise haja

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Yesterday I … (haja). Which is the past tense?

haja in a sentence

Hajaru? (Hajar du?)
Do you get it?
Det där galna påståendet fick nog de flesta i salen att haja till
That crazy claim probably made most people in hall wince (suddenly react)

Questions

What does haja mean in English?

haja means “get it”.

What is the past tense of haja?

The past tense of haja is hajade (“jag hajade”). The supine is hajat, used in “jag har hajat”.

What is the present tense of haja?

hajar, the same for every person: jag hajar, du hajar, vi hajar.

Similar words

fattaförstå

Origin

From Tavringer Romani haja, from Romani haj- (“to understand”), further origin obscure.

Nearby common words

haja is number 4,164 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,160motstå resist
4,161bröllopsdag wedding day, weddingday
4,162försent too late
4,163ansökan application
4,165begränsad limited
4,166ofarlig not dangerous, harmless
4,167salu sale
4,168avlyssna monitor, bug

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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