Swedish verb

kamma

comb

Meaning

comb

In Swedish: ordna med en kam

Conjugation

Conjugation of kamma (comb)
Infinitive	att kamma	to comb
Present	kammar	jag kammar
Past	kammade	jag kammade
Supine	kammat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kammat	jag har kammat
Past perfect	hade kammat	jag hade kammat
Future	ska kamma	or: kommer att kamma
Conditional	skulle kamma	jag skulle kamma
Imperative	kamma!	a command
Present participle	kammande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kammad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kamma
Infinitive	kammas
Present	kammas
Past	kammades
Supine	kammats

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 kammar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

kamma in a sentence

kamma sig
comb one's hair
kamma håret
comb one's hair

Expressions

kamma hem ("inkassera") en vinst
rake in ("collect") a profit

Questions

What does kamma mean in English?

kamma means “comb”.

What is the past tense of kamma?

The past tense of kamma is kammade (“jag kammade”). The supine is kammat, used in “jag har kammat”.

What is the present tense of kamma?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish kamba, replaced older umlauted form kæmba under influence by the noun kamber (“comb”), from Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną.

Nearby common words

kamma is number 5,855 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,851infektera to infect, infector
5,852pinsam awkward
5,853opålitlig unreliable
5,854tidslinje time-line
5,856minderårig underage
5,857action action
5,858martyr martyr
5,859skida to ski

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