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rida

ride

Meaning

ride

In Swedish: färdas till häst

Conjugation

Conjugation of rida (ride)
Infinitive	att rida	to ride
Present	rider	jag rider
Past	red	jag red
Supine	ridit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ridit	jag har ridit
Past perfect	hade ridit	jag hade ridit
Future	ska rida	or: kommer att rida
Conditional	skulle rida	jag skulle rida
Imperative	rid!	a command
Present participle	ridande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	riden	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rida
Infinitive	ridas
Present	rids
Past	reds
Supine	ridits

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 rider. See the four verb groups explained.

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rida in a sentence

rida (på) en häst
ride (on) a horse
Hon är ute och rider
She is out riding
Barnen fick rida elefant
The children got to ride elephants [elephant]

Expressions

rida på (orden)
cavil, quibble

Words built with rida

ridhäst saddle (riding) horse

Questions

What does rida mean in English?

rida means “ride”.

What is the past tense of rida?

The past tense of rida is red (“jag red”). The supine is ridit, used in “jag har ridit”.

What is the present tense of rida?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish riþa, from Old Norse ríða, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.

Nearby common words

rida is number 1,560 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,556alternativ alternative
1,557vaken awake, alert
1,558ifred in peace, (often more idiomatic) alone
1,559rättvisa justice, fairness
1,561händelse event, occurrence
1,562duga be adequate, be suitable
1,563rom roe, rum
1,564lyda obey, run

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