motsätta
Meaning
object
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att motsätta | to object |
|---|---|---|
| Present | motsätter | jag motsätter |
| Past | motsatte | jag motsatte |
| Supine | motsatt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har motsatt | jag har motsatt |
| Past perfect | hade motsatt | jag hade motsatt |
| Future | ska motsätta | or: kommer att motsätta |
| Conditional | skulle motsätta | jag skulle motsätta |
| Imperative | motsätt! | a command |
| Present participle | motsättande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | motsättas |
|---|---|
| Present | motsätts |
| Past | motsattes |
| Supine | motsatts |
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 motsätter. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise motsätta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (motsätta). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does motsätta mean in English?
motsätta means “object”.
What is the past tense of motsätta?
The past tense of motsätta is motsatte (“jag motsatte”). The supine is motsatt, used in “jag har motsatt”.
What is the present tense of motsätta?
motsätter, the same for every person: jag motsätter, du motsätter, vi motsätter.
Origin
By surface analysis, mot + sätta.
Nearby common words
motsätta is number 6,550 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 6,554självaste the very, himself, herself, itself
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