Swedish verb· top 500 most common

handla

act, take action, do, buy, shop, deal with

Meaning

act, take action, do; buy; shop; deal with; be about

In Swedish: agera

Conjugation

Conjugation of handla (act)
Infinitive	att handla	to act
Present	handlar	jag handlar
Past	handlade	jag handlade
Supine	handlat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har handlat	jag har handlat
Past perfect	hade handlat	jag hade handlat
Future	ska handla	or: kommer att handla
Conditional	skulle handla	jag skulle handla
Imperative	handla!	a command
Present participle	handlande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	handlad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of handla
Infinitive	handlas
Present	handlas
Past	handlades
Supine	handlats

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 handlar. See the four verb groups explained.

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handla in a sentence

det gäller att handla snabbt
some sort of action must be taken at once
handla med trävaror
trade in timber
handla i snabbköp
shop in a supermarket
det handlar bara om propaganda
it's just propaganda
boken handlar om indianer
the book is about Indians
Boken handlade om kärlek.
The book was about love.

Questions

What does handla mean in English?

handla means “act, take action, do, buy”.

What is the past tense of handla?

The past tense of handla is handlade (“jag handlade”). The supine is handlat, used in “jag har handlat”.

What is the present tense of handla?

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

Similar words

shoppaköpauträtta

Origin

From Old Swedish handla, from Old Norse handla, hǫndla, from Proto-Germanic *handlōną.

Nearby common words

handla is number 389 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

385haft had
386nästan almost
387båda both
388dum stupid, nasty
390svårt hard, difficult, tricky, difficult
391lägg lay
392kropp body, trunk
393plan plan, map

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