mala
Meaning
mill; grind
In Swedish: smula sönder (sädeskorn etc) i en kvarn
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att mala | to mill |
|---|---|---|
| Present | mal | jag mal |
| Past | malde | jag malde |
| Supine | malt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har malt | jag har malt |
| Past perfect | hade malt | jag hade malt |
| Future | ska mala | or: kommer att mala |
| Conditional | skulle mala | jag skulle mala |
| Imperative | mal! | a command |
| Present participle | malande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | malen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | malas |
|---|---|
| Present | mals |
| Past | maldes |
| Supine | malts |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use mal. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise mala
1 / 2Yesterday I … (mala). Which is the past tense?
mala in a sentence
- mald (malen) pepparground pepper
- utredningen har inte malt färdigt änthe investigation has not been completed yet
Expressions
- den som kommer först till kvarnen får först malafirst come, first served
Words built with mala
- finmala grind (mince) fine (small)
Questions
What does mala mean in English?
mala means “mill, grind”.
What is the past tense of mala?
The past tense of mala is malde (“jag malde”). The supine is malt, used in “jag har malt”.
What is the present tense of mala?
mal, the same for every person: jag mal, du mal, vi mal.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish mala, from Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.
Nearby common words
mala is number 8,184 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,179klyftig clever
- 8,180leopard leopard
- 8,181ridå curtain
- 8,183anständighet decency
- 8,185framträda perform, appear
- 8,186räta straighten
- 8,187banta slim, (go on, be on a) diet
- 8,188bundsförvant ally
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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