rappa
Meaning
plaster
In Swedish: putsa (en vägg) med kalk eller murbruk (så att den får en knottrig yta)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att rappa | to plaster |
|---|---|---|
| Present | rappar | jag rappar |
| Past | rappade | jag rappade |
| Supine | rappat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har rappat | jag har rappat |
| Past perfect | hade rappat | jag hade rappat |
| Future | ska rappa | or: kommer att rappa |
| Conditional | skulle rappa | jag skulle rappa |
| Imperative | rappa! | a command |
| Present participle | rappande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | rappad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | rappas |
|---|---|
| Present | rappas |
| Past | rappades |
| Supine | rappats |
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 rappar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise rappa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (rappa). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does rappa mean in English?
rappa means “plaster”.
What is the past tense of rappa?
The past tense of rappa is rappade (“jag rappade”). The supine is rappat, used in “jag har rappat”.
What is the present tense of rappa?
rappar, the same for every person: jag rappar, du rappar, vi rappar.
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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

