predika
Meaning
preach
In Swedish: hålla predikan, förkunna
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att predika | to preach |
|---|---|---|
| Present | predikar | jag predikar |
| Past | predikade | jag predikade |
| Supine | predikat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har predikat | jag har predikat |
| Past perfect | hade predikat | jag hade predikat |
| Future | ska predika | or: kommer att predika |
| Conditional | skulle predika | jag skulle predika |
| Imperative | predika! | a command |
| Present participle | predikande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | predikad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | predikas |
|---|---|
| Present | predikas |
| Past | predikades |
| Supine | predikats |
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 predikar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise predika
1 / 2Yesterday I … (predika). Which is the past tense?
predika in a sentence
- hon predikade alltid om moralisk upprustningshe was always preaching about moral rearmament
Questions
What does predika mean in English?
predika means “preach”.
What is the past tense of predika?
The past tense of predika is predikade (“jag predikade”). The supine is predikat, used in “jag har predikat”.
What is the present tense of predika?
predikar, the same for every person: jag predikar, du predikar, vi predikar.
Origin
From Old Swedish predika, from Latin praedicare (“to proclaim”).
Nearby common words
predika is number 5,384 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,380vänlighet friendliness, kindness, a friendly or kind act or utterance
- 5,381godkännande authorization
- 5,382beräkna calculate, reckon
- 5,383mogna ripen, mature
- 5,385hotad threatened
- 5,386dvd alternative letter-case form of DVD
- 5,387inblandning interference
- 5,388underskrift signature
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