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måna

care for, look after/²moːna/

Meaning

care for, look after

In Swedish: vara mån om (att någon har det bra)

Conjugation

Conjugation of måna (care for)
Infinitiveatt månato care for
Presentmånarjag månar
Pastmånadejag månade
Supinemånatused after har / hade
Perfecthar månatjag har månat
Past perfecthade månatjag hade månat
Futureska månaor: kommer att måna
Conditionalskulle månajag skulle måna
Imperativemåna!a command
Present participlemånande-ing, used as an adjective
Past participlemånadused like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of måna
Infinitivemånas
Presentmånas
Pastmånades
Supinemånats

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 månar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

måna in a sentence

  • hon månar om sin far och skämmer bort honom
    she looks after her father and spoils him

Questions

What does måna mean in English?

måna means “care for, look after”.

What is the past tense of måna?

The past tense of måna is månade (“jag månade”). The supine is månat, used in “jag har månat”.

What is the present tense of måna?

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

Nearby common words

måna is number 3,574 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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