sota
Meaning
sweep; decarbonize
In Swedish: göra ren från sot
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att sota | to sweep |
|---|---|---|
| Present | sotar | jag sotar |
| Past | sotade | jag sotade |
| Supine | sotat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har sotat | jag har sotat |
| Past perfect | hade sotat | jag hade sotat |
| Future | ska sota | or: kommer att sota |
| Conditional | skulle sota | jag skulle sota |
| Imperative | sota! | a command |
| Present participle | sotande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | sotad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | sotas |
|---|---|
| Present | sotas |
| Past | sotades |
| Supine | sotats |
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 sotar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise sota
1 / 2Yesterday I … (sota). Which is the past tense?
sota in a sentence
- sota skorstenensweep the chimney
- Sotaren sotade skorstenenThe chimney sweep swept the chimney
- Röken från fabriken sotade ner husväggarnaThe smoke from the factory covered the walls of the houses in soot ("sooted down the house walls")
- sotade ögonsmoky ("sooted") eyes
- Fotogenlampan sotarThe kerosene lamp is sooting
- Det här ska du få sota för!You will pay for this!
Expressions
- få sota för någotpay for sth.
Questions
What does sota mean in English?
sota means “sweep, decarbonize”.
What is the past tense of sota?
The past tense of sota is sotade (“jag sotade”). The supine is sotat, used in “jag har sotat”.
What is the present tense of sota?
sotar, the same for every person: jag sotar, du sotar, vi sotar.
Origin
sot (“soot”) + -a
Nearby common words
sota is number 8,025 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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