skjuta
Meaning
shoot; fire; shove; move; push; put off; postpone
In Swedish: avlossa skott
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att skjuta | to shoot |
|---|---|---|
| Present | skjuter | jag skjuter |
| Past | sköt | jag sköt |
| Supine | skjutit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har skjutit | jag har skjutit |
| Past perfect | hade skjutit | jag hade skjutit |
| Future | ska skjuta | or: kommer att skjuta |
| Conditional | skulle skjuta | jag skulle skjuta |
| Imperative | skjut! | a command |
| Present participle | skjutande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | skjuten | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | skjutas |
|---|---|
| Present | skjuts |
| Past | sköts |
| Supine | skjutits |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use skjuter. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise skjuta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (skjuta). Which is the past tense?
skjuta in a sentence
- skjuta med pistolfire a pistol
- skjuta ihjälshoot to death
- skjuta målshoot into the goal
- han sköt över pengarna till kassörskanhe shoved the money over to the lady at the cash desk
- skjuta pianot en metermove the piano a metre
- vi får skjuta på sammanträdetwe'll have to postpone the meeting
- Det är inte bara att skjuta, du måste träffa ocksåYou can't just shoot, you have to hit too
- skjuta på en måltavlashoot at a target
Expressions
- skjuta problemen framför sigput the problems off
Questions
What does skjuta mean in English?
skjuta means “shoot, fire”.
What is the past tense of skjuta?
The past tense of skjuta is sköt (“jag sköt”). The supine is skjutit, used in “jag har skjutit”.
What is the present tense of skjuta?
skjuter, the same for every person: jag skjuter, du skjuter, vi skjuter.
Similar words
fyra av
Origin
From Old Swedish skiūta, from Old Norse skjóta, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-.
Nearby common words
skjuta is number 455 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 451erat alternative form of ert (“your, yours”)
- 452sej oneself, pronunciation spelling of sig
- 453kände sensed
- 454vilka which ones, which, who, whom, what a; plural form of vilken
- 456räcka be enough, last
- 457hen A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified gender; they, thon; alternative to hon (“she”) and han (“he”).
- 458vacker beautiful
- 459bryr care
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