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korsa

cross

Meaning

cross

In Swedish: röra sig el. passera tvärs över

Conjugation

Conjugation of korsa (cross)
Infinitive	att korsa	to cross
Present	korsar	jag korsar
Past	korsade	jag korsade
Supine	korsat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har korsat	jag har korsat
Past perfect	hade korsat	jag hade korsat
Future	ska korsa	or: kommer att korsa
Conditional	skulle korsa	jag skulle korsa
Imperative	korsa!	a command
Present participle	korsande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	korsad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of korsa
Infinitive	korsas
Present	korsas
Past	korsades
Supine	korsats

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 korsar. See the four verb groups explained.

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korsa in a sentence

korsa en gata
cross a street
Hon korsade armarna.
She crossed her arms.
Han korsade gatan.
He crossed the street.
Kenneln korsade de två hundraserna.
The kennel crossed the two dog breeds.

Questions

What does korsa mean in English?

korsa means “cross”.

What is the past tense of korsa?

The past tense of korsa is korsade (“jag korsade”). The supine is korsat, used in “jag har korsat”.

What is the present tense of korsa?

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

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish korsa, equivalent to kors (“cross”) + -a.

Nearby common words

korsa is number 3,189 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,185dagbok a diary
3,186träda step, go
3,187bet bit
3,188hissa hoist, toss
3,190överlevande survivor
3,191imorse this morning
3,192aktie share, (stock (US))
3,193längesen long ago

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