sammanfatta
Meaning
summarize; sum up
In Swedish: välja ut och återge det viktiga (i något som har hänt)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att sammanfatta | to summarize |
|---|---|---|
| Present | sammanfattar | jag sammanfattar |
| Past | sammanfattade | jag sammanfattade |
| Supine | sammanfattat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har sammanfattat | jag har sammanfattat |
| Past perfect | hade sammanfattat | jag hade sammanfattat |
| Future | ska sammanfatta | or: kommer att sammanfatta |
| Conditional | skulle sammanfatta | jag skulle sammanfatta |
| Imperative | sammanfatta! | a command |
| Present participle | sammanfattande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | sammanfattad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | sammanfattas |
|---|---|
| Present | sammanfattas |
| Past | sammanfattades |
| Supine | sammanfattats |
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 sammanfattar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise sammanfatta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (sammanfatta). Which is the past tense?
sammanfatta in a sentence
- kongressens resultat sammanfattades i tre punkterthe results achieved by the conference were summarized in three main points
Questions
What does sammanfatta mean in English?
sammanfatta means “summarize, sum up”.
What is the past tense of sammanfatta?
The past tense of sammanfatta is sammanfattade (“jag sammanfattade”). The supine is sammanfattat, used in “jag har sammanfattat”.
What is the present tense of sammanfatta?
sammanfattar, the same for every person: jag sammanfattar, du sammanfattar, vi sammanfattar.
Similar words
summera
Origin
samman + fatta
Nearby common words
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