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langa

hand over, pass, push, peddle

Meaning

hand over; pass; push; peddle

In Swedish: skicka ur hand i hand

Conjugation

Conjugation of langa (hand over)
Infinitive	att langa	to hand over
Present	langar	jag langar
Past	langade	jag langade
Supine	langat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har langat	jag har langat
Past perfect	hade langat	jag hade langat
Future	ska langa	or: kommer att langa
Conditional	skulle langa	jag skulle langa
Imperative	langa!	a command
Present participle	langande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	langad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of langa
Infinitive	langas
Present	langas
Past	langades
Supine	langats

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 langar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

langa in a sentence

Vill du langa hit väskan!
Pass the suitcase, please!
Langa hit jordnötterna!
"Toss" me the peanuts!

Questions

What does langa mean in English?

langa means “hand over, pass”.

What is the past tense of langa?

The past tense of langa is langade (“jag langade”). The supine is langat, used in “jag har langat”.

What is the present tense of langa?

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

Origin

Borrowed from German langen.

Nearby common words

langa is number 4,610 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,606bartender a bartender
4,607italiensk Italian
4,608fångad trapped, caught
4,609gest gesture
4,611exemplar specimen, example
4,612arena arena
4,613torg square; market
4,614flight a flight ((regular) trip made by a passenger aircraft)

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary