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sakta

slow down

sakta as a verb

Meaning

slow down

In Swedish: minska hastigheten (hos)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sakta (slow down)
Infinitive	att sakta	to slow down
Present	saktar	jag saktar
Past	saktade	jag saktade
Supine	saktat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har saktat	jag har saktat
Past perfect	hade saktat	jag hade saktat
Future	ska sakta	or: kommer att sakta
Conditional	skulle sakta	jag skulle sakta
Imperative	sakta!	a command
Present participle	saktande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	saktad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sakta
Infinitive	saktas
Present	saktas
Past	saktades
Supine	saktats

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 saktar. See the four verb groups explained.

sakta as an adverb

Meaning

slowly; gently

In Swedish: med låg hastighet

sakta as an adjective

Meaning

slow

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sakta in a sentence

sakta farten
reduce speed
sakta in vid vägkanten
slow down by the side of the road
köra sakta
drive slowly
sakta men säkert
slowly but surely

Questions

What does sakta mean in English?

sakta means “slow down”.

What is the past tense of sakta?

The past tense of sakta is saktade (“jag saktade”). The supine is saktat, used in “jag har saktat”.

What is the present tense of sakta?

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

Similar words

långsamt

Nearby common words

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1,455bekräfta corroborate, confirm

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