pågå
Meaning
be going on
In Swedish: hålla på
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att pågå | to be going on |
|---|---|---|
| Present | pågår | jag pågår |
| Past | pågick | jag pågick |
| Supine | pågått | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har pågått | jag har pågått |
| Past perfect | hade pågått | jag hade pågått |
| Future | ska pågå | or: kommer att pågå |
| Conditional | skulle pågå | jag skulle pågå |
| Imperative | pågå! | a command |
| Present participle | pågående | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | pågås |
|---|---|
| Present | pågås |
| Past | pågicks |
| Supine | pågåtts |
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 pågår. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise pågå
1 / 2Yesterday I … (pågå). Which is the past tense?
pågå in a sentence
- den pågående utbyggnadenthe extension work in progress
- förhandlingar pågick hela dagenthe negotiations went on all day
Questions
What does pågå mean in English?
pågå means “be going on”.
What is the past tense of pågå?
The past tense of pågå is pågick (“jag pågick”). The supine is pågått, used in “jag har pågått”.
What is the present tense of pågå?
pågår, the same for every person: jag pågår, du pågår, vi pågår.
Similar words
Nearby common words
pågå is number 1,213 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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