Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

jaka

say "yes"

Meaning

say "yes"

In Swedish: svara ja

Conjugation

Conjugation of jaka (say "yes")
Infinitive	att jaka	to say "yes"
Present	jakar	jag jakar
Past	jakade	jag jakade
Supine	jakat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har jakat	jag har jakat
Past perfect	hade jakat	jag hade jakat
Future	ska jaka	or: kommer att jaka
Conditional	skulle jaka	jag skulle jaka
Imperative	jaka!	a command
Present participle	jakande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	jakad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of jaka
Infinitive	jakas
Present	jakas
Past	jakades
Supine	jakats

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 jakar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

jaka in a sentence

ett jakande svar
an affirmative answer

Questions

What does jaka mean in English?

jaka means “say "yes"”.

What is the past tense of jaka?

The past tense of jaka is jakade (“jag jakade”). The supine is jakat, used in “jag har jakat”.

What is the present tense of jaka?

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

Origin

From ja (“yes”), similar to neka (“to say no”).

Nearby common words

jaka is number 1,223 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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1,220gode a priest, godi (local chieftain on Iceland)
1,221station station
1,222dölja conceal, hide
1,224sten rock, stone
1,225kusin cousin
1,226framåt ahead, forward
1,227vuxen adult

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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