salta
Meaning
salt; strew (sprinkle) salt on
In Swedish: krydda med salt
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att salta | to salt |
|---|---|---|
| Present | saltar | jag saltar |
| Past | saltade | jag saltade |
| Supine | saltat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har saltat | jag har saltat |
| Past perfect | hade saltat | jag hade saltat |
| Future | ska salta | or: kommer att salta |
| Conditional | skulle salta | jag skulle salta |
| Imperative | salta! | a command |
| Present participle | saltande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | saltad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | saltas |
|---|---|
| Present | saltas |
| Past | saltades |
| Supine | saltats |
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 saltar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise salta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (salta). Which is the past tense?
salta in a sentence
- salta på matensalt one's food
- Innan snickaren börjar arbeta, be honom uppskatta vad det kommer kosta så att han inte saltar räkningen efteråt.Before the carpenter starts to work, ask him to estimate what it will cost so that he cannot request unreasonably high payment afterwards.
Questions
What does salta mean in English?
salta means “salt, strew (sprinkle) salt on”.
What is the past tense of salta?
The past tense of salta is saltade (“jag saltade”). The supine is saltat, used in “jag har saltat”.
What is the present tense of salta?
saltar, the same for every person: jag saltar, du saltar, vi saltar.
Origin
From Old Swedish salta, from Old Norse salta, from Proto-Germanic *saltaną.
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