Swedish verb

samtala

discuss, converse, talk

Meaning

discuss; converse; talk

In Swedish: muntligt utbyta tankar

Conjugation

Conjugation of samtala (discuss)
Infinitive	att samtala	to discuss
Present	samtalar	jag samtalar
Past	samtalade	jag samtalade
Supine	samtalat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har samtalat	jag har samtalat
Past perfect	hade samtalat	jag hade samtalat
Future	ska samtala	or: kommer att samtala
Conditional	skulle samtala	jag skulle samtala
Imperative	samtala!	a command
Present participle	samtalande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of samtala
Infinitive	samtalas
Present	samtalas
Past	samtalades
Supine	samtalats

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 samtalar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (samtala). Which is the past tense?

samtala in a sentence

Efter maten satte vi oss i soffan och drack kaffe och samtalade
After dinner, we sat down on the couch and had coffee and talked

Questions

What does samtala mean in English?

samtala means “discuss, converse”.

What is the past tense of samtala?

The past tense of samtala is samtalade (“jag samtalade”). The supine is samtalat, used in “jag har samtalat”.

What is the present tense of samtala?

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

Similar words

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Nearby common words

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