Swedish verb

sanda

grit

Meaning

grit

In Swedish: strö sand på

Conjugation

Conjugation of sanda (grit)
Infinitive	att sanda	to grit
Present	sandar	jag sandar
Past	sandade	jag sandade
Supine	sandat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sandat	jag har sandat
Past perfect	hade sandat	jag hade sandat
Future	ska sanda	or: kommer att sanda
Conditional	skulle sanda	jag skulle sanda
Imperative	sanda!	a command
Present participle	sandande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sandad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sanda
Infinitive	sandas
Present	sandas
Past	sandades
Supine	sandats

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 sandar. See the four verb groups explained.

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sanda in a sentence

sanda gatorna på vintern
strew grit on the roads in winter

Questions

What does sanda mean in English?

sanda means “grit”.

What is the past tense of sanda?

The past tense of sanda is sandade (“jag sandade”). The supine is sandat, used in “jag har sandat”.

What is the present tense of sanda?

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

Origin

sand + -a

Nearby common words

sanda is number 6,625 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,621introducera introduce
6,622vårdslös careless
6,623tornado a larger tornado (especially in the US)
6,624avslå decline, reject
6,626påk thick stick
6,627collier a choker
6,628hake hook
6,629knuff nudge, push

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