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posta

post

Meaning

post

In Swedish: lämna för postbefordran

Conjugation

Conjugation of posta (post)
Infinitive	att posta	to post
Present	postar	jag postar
Past	postade	jag postade
Supine	postat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har postat	jag har postat
Past perfect	hade postat	jag hade postat
Future	ska posta	or: kommer att posta
Conditional	skulle posta	jag skulle posta
Imperative	posta!	a command
Present participle	postande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	postad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of posta
Infinitive	postas
Present	postas
Past	postades
Supine	postats

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 postar. See the four verb groups explained.

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posta in a sentence

posta ett brev
post a letter
posta ett brev till någon
send a letter to someone [more commonly expressed with skicka (“send”) unless emphasizing putting the letter in the mail]

Questions

What does posta mean in English?

posta means “post”.

What is the past tense of posta?

The past tense of posta is postade (“jag postade”). The supine is postat, used in “jag har postat”.

What is the present tense of posta?

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

Similar words

skicka

Origin

post + -a

Nearby common words

posta is number 3,708 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,704cykla cycle
3,705fett fat
3,706slet wore out, tore
3,707kryp insect
3,709avgå resign, retire
3,710effektiv efficient, effective
3,711kind cheek
3,712lock inducement, carrot, curl

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