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skoja

have fun, joke, get up to mischief, jest

Meaning

have fun; joke; get up to mischief; jest; swindle; cheat

In Swedish: skämta

Conjugation

Conjugation of skoja (have fun)
Infinitive	att skoja	to have fun
Present	skojar	jag skojar
Past	skojade	jag skojade
Supine	skojat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skojat	jag har skojat
Past perfect	hade skojat	jag hade skojat
Future	ska skoja	or: kommer att skoja
Conditional	skulle skoja	jag skulle skoja
Imperative	skoja!	a command
Present participle	skojande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skoja
Infinitive	skojas
Present	skojas
Past	skojades
Supine	skojats

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 skojar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise skoja

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skoja in a sentence

han brukade skoja med barnen
he used to lark about with the children
han skojade till sig miljonbelopp
he got hold of millions by cheating
morfar skojar med barnen
grandpa is playing jokes with the kids
Jag skojade bara
I was only joking

Questions

What does skoja mean in English?

skoja means “have fun, joke”.

What is the past tense of skoja?

The past tense of skoja is skojade (“jag skojade”). The supine is skojat, used in “jag har skojat”.

What is the present tense of skoja?

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

Similar words

skämtavitsa

Origin

Cognate with Danish skøje, from Dutch schooien, used in Swedish since 1766

Nearby common words

skoja is number 787 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

783framför in front of
784område area
785sådan such, such a
786sam swam
788förändra change
789arbete work, job, employment, occupation, work
790fantastisk fantastic
791kontakt contact, socket

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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