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kosta

cost

Meaning

cost

In Swedish: ha som pris

Conjugation

Conjugation of kosta (cost)
Infinitive	att kosta	to cost
Present	kostar	jag kostar
Past	kostade	jag kostade
Supine	kostat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kostat	jag har kostat
Past perfect	hade kostat	jag hade kostat
Future	ska kosta	or: kommer att kosta
Conditional	skulle kosta	jag skulle kosta
Imperative	kosta!	a command
Present participle	kostande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kosta
Infinitive	kostas
Present	kostas
Past	kostades
Supine	kostats

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 kostar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise kosta

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

kosta in a sentence

Vad kostar äpplena?
How much are the apples?

Expressions

kosta på sig ("unna sig") en ny rock
treat oneself to ("allow oneself to purchase") a new coat

Questions

What does kosta mean in English?

kosta means “cost”.

What is the past tense of kosta?

The past tense of kosta is kostade (“jag kostade”). The supine is kostat, used in “jag har kostat”.

What is the present tense of kosta?

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

Where the course teaches it

Swedish question words: vad and hur
Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

From Old Norse kosta, from Middle Low German [Term?], from Latin constare.

Nearby common words

kosta is number 879 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

875general general
876kontroll control, inspection
877fylla fill
878max max
880beslut decision, resolution
881bord table
882nånstans somewhere, alternative form of någonstans
883allting everything

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