slava
Meaning
slave; drudge
In Swedish: arbeta mycket hårt
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att slava | to slave |
|---|---|---|
| Present | slavar | jag slavar |
| Past | slavade | jag slavade |
| Supine | slavat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har slavat | jag har slavat |
| Past perfect | hade slavat | jag hade slavat |
| Future | ska slava | or: kommer att slava |
| Conditional | skulle slava | jag skulle slava |
| Imperative | slava! | a command |
| Present participle | slavande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | slavas |
|---|---|
| Present | slavas |
| Past | slavades |
| Supine | slavats |
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 slavar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise slava
1 / 2Yesterday I … (slava). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does slava mean in English?
slava means “slave, drudge”.
What is the past tense of slava?
The past tense of slava is slavade (“jag slavade”). The supine is slavat, used in “jag har slavat”.
What is the present tense of slava?
slavar, the same for every person: jag slavar, du slavar, vi slavar.
Origin
slav + -a
Nearby common words
slava is number 4,537 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,533struntprat blah-blah
- 4,534agna to bait; to affix bait to a fishing tool
- 4,535häromkvällen last evening or a few evenings ago, one of the most recent evenings
- 4,536samtliga all
- 4,538ursprunglig original
- 4,539utomjordisk extraterrestrial
- 4,540ökad increase
- 4,541vilt wildly, wildly, furiously, fiercely
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