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kriga

[wage] war/²kriːɡa/

Meaning

[wage] war

In Swedish: föra krig

Conjugation

Conjugation of kriga ([wage] war)
Infinitive	att kriga	to [wage] war
Present	krigar	jag krigar
Past	krigade	jag krigade
Supine	krigat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har krigat	jag har krigat
Past perfect	hade krigat	jag hade krigat
Future	ska kriga	or: kommer att kriga
Conditional	skulle kriga	jag skulle kriga
Imperative	kriga!	a command
Present participle	krigande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kriga
Infinitive	krigas
Present	krigas
Past	krigades
Supine	krigats

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 krigar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

kriga in a sentence

Han var en av frivilligsoldaterna som krigade mot diktatorn
He was one of the war volunteers who fought (in the war against) the dictator

Questions

What does kriga mean in English?

kriga means “[wage] war”.

What is the past tense of kriga?

The past tense of kriga is krigade (“jag krigade”). The supine is krigat, used in “jag har krigat”.

What is the present tense of kriga?

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

Similar words

strida

Origin

From krig (“war”) + -a.

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