kallna
Meaning
get cold, cool
In Swedish: bli kall, svalna
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att kallna | to get cold |
|---|---|---|
| Present | kallnar | jag kallnar |
| Past | kallnade | jag kallnade |
| Supine | kallnat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har kallnat | jag har kallnat |
| Past perfect | hade kallnat | jag hade kallnat |
| Future | ska kallna | or: kommer att kallna |
| Conditional | skulle kallna | jag skulle kallna |
| Imperative | kallna! | a command |
| Present participle | kallnande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | kallnad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | kallnas |
|---|---|
| Present | kallnas |
| Past | kallnades |
| Supine | kallnats |
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 kallnar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise kallna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (kallna). Which is the past tense?
kallna in a sentence
- maten kallnarthe food is getting cold
- Köttet kallnar fortare om man delar det i fler bitar än en åt gången.The steak gets colder faster if one cuts it into more pieces than one at a time.
Questions
What does kallna mean in English?
kallna means “get cold, cool”.
What is the past tense of kallna?
The past tense of kallna is kallnade (“jag kallnade”). The supine is kallnat, used in “jag har kallnat”.
What is the present tense of kallna?
kallnar, the same for every person: jag kallnar, du kallnar, vi kallnar.
Similar words
svalna
Origin
kall + -na
Nearby common words
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