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rita

draw, design

Meaning

draw; design

In Swedish: återge (en bild) med penna etc

Conjugation

Conjugation of rita (draw)
Infinitive	att rita	to draw
Present	ritar	jag ritar
Past	ritade	jag ritade
Supine	ritat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ritat	jag har ritat
Past perfect	hade ritat	jag hade ritat
Future	ska rita	or: kommer att rita
Conditional	skulle rita	jag skulle rita
Imperative	rita!	a command
Present participle	ritande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ritad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rita
Infinitive	ritas
Present	ritas
Past	ritades
Supine	ritats

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 ritar. See the four verb groups explained.

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rita in a sentence

rita med kritor
draw with crayons (chalks)
den nya kyrkan har ritats av en välkänd arkitekt
the new church was designed by a famous architect
rita en gubbe
draw an old man
Barnen gillar att rita
The children like to draw
Huset är ritat av Nisse
The house is designed ("drawn") by Nisse

Questions

What does rita mean in English?

rita means “draw, design”.

What is the past tense of rita?

The past tense of rita is ritade (“jag ritade”). The supine is ritat, used in “jag har ritat”.

What is the present tense of rita?

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

Similar words

teckna

Origin

From Old Swedish hrīta, from Old Norse hríta, from Proto-Germanic *hrītaną (“to draw, to scratch”).

Nearby common words

rita is number 1,522 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,518kyss kiss
1,519styra steer, govern
1,520somna fall asleep, drop (dose) off
1,521avsky loathe, abhor, detest
1,523prins prince
1,524kod code
1,525bett asked; requested; begged; prayed
1,526orka have the energy to, be able to

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