Swedish verb

plåta

photograph, take a picture of

Meaning

photograph; take a picture of

In Swedish: fotografera

Conjugation

Conjugation of plåta (photograph)
Infinitive	att plåta	to photograph
Present	plåtar	jag plåtar
Past	plåtade	jag plåtade
Supine	plåtat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har plåtat	jag har plåtat
Past perfect	hade plåtat	jag hade plåtat
Future	ska plåta	or: kommer att plåta
Conditional	skulle plåta	jag skulle plåta
Imperative	plåta!	a command
Present participle	plåtande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	plåtad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of plåta
Infinitive	plåtas
Present	plåtas
Past	plåtades
Supine	plåtats

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 plåtar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Questions

What does plåta mean in English?

plåta means “photograph, take a picture of”.

What is the past tense of plåta?

The past tense of plåta is plåtade (“jag plåtade”). The supine is plåtat, used in “jag har plåtat”.

What is the present tense of plåta?

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

Similar words

fotografera

Origin

plåt + -a

Nearby common words

plåta is number 7,690 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,686käfta talk back
7,687frodas flourish, thrive
7,688novell short story
7,689packning baggage, luggage
7,691urval choice, selection
7,692återförening reunion
7,693däråt that way, thitherward, like that ("towards that")
7,694got Goth (member of the ancient group of peoples)

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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