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skjutsa

take, give a lift, drive/ˈɧɵˌsːa/

Meaning

take; give a lift; drive

In Swedish: (gratis) köra någon (till en plats)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skjutsa (take)
Infinitive	att skjutsa	to take
Present	skjutsar	jag skjutsar
Past	skjutsade	jag skjutsade
Supine	skjutsat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skjutsat	jag har skjutsat
Past perfect	hade skjutsat	jag hade skjutsat
Future	ska skjutsa	or: kommer att skjutsa
Conditional	skulle skjutsa	jag skulle skjutsa
Imperative	skjutsa!	a command
Present participle	skjutsande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skjutsad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skjutsa
Infinitive	skjutsas
Present	skjutsas
Past	skjutsades
Supine	skjutsats

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 skjutsar. See the four verb groups explained.

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skjutsa in a sentence

Kan du skjutsa mig till stationen?
Could you give me a lift to the station?
Kan du skjutsa mig till gymmet?
Could you give me a ride to the gym?
skjutsa in en låda
slide a drawer in

Questions

What does skjutsa mean in English?

skjutsa means “take, give a lift”.

What is the past tense of skjutsa?

The past tense of skjutsa is skjutsade (“jag skjutsade”). The supine is skjutsat, used in “jag har skjutsat”.

What is the present tense of skjutsa?

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

Similar words

medtaga passagerare

Origin

Related to skjuta (“to shoot, shove”); see there for more.

Nearby common words

skjutsa is number 2,669 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,665lojal loyal
2,666anställd employed
2,667budskap message, announcement
2,668överenskommelse an agreement, a contract
2,670kedja chain
2,671naturen nature (the natural environment taken as a whole)
2,672bota cure, remedy
2,673förvåna surprise

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary