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mena

mean, believe, intend

Meaning

mean; believe; intend

In Swedish: tycka

Conjugation

Conjugation of mena (mean)
Infinitive	att mena	to mean
Present	menar	jag menar
Past	menade	jag menade
Supine	menat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har menat	jag har menat
Past perfect	hade menat	jag hade menat
Future	ska mena	or: kommer att mena
Conditional	skulle mena	jag skulle mena
Imperative	mena!	a command
Present participle	menande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	menad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of mena
Infinitive	menas
Present	menas
Past	menades
Supine	menats

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 menar. See the four verb groups explained.

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mena in a sentence

centerledaren menade att kärnkraften snarast måste avvecklas
the leader of the Centre Party advocated that nuclear power be phased out as soon as possible
mena allvar
have serious intentions
Menar du att du inte kan komma?
You mean you can't come?

Questions

What does mena mean in English?

mena means “mean, believe”.

What is the past tense of mena?

The past tense of mena is menade (“jag menade”). The supine is menat, used in “jag har menat”.

What is the present tense of mena?

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

Similar words

ämnasyftaavseanse

Origin

From Old Swedish mena, from Middle Low German mēnen, meinen (compare Icelandic meina, Danish mene), from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *mein-.

Nearby common words

mena is number 147 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

143sluta stop, quit
144rätt right
145borde ought to, should
146vän friend
148vid at, about
149god good, morally commendable, tasty, good (tasting good)
150hela whole, all (of)
151älska love

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