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svärja

alternative form of svära

Meaning

alternative form of svära

In Swedish: använda svordom(ar)

Conjugation

Conjugation of svärja (alternative form of svära)
Infinitive	att svärja	to alternative form of svära
Present	svärjer	jag svärjer
Past	svor	jag svor
Supine	svurit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har svurit	jag har svurit
Past perfect	hade svurit	jag hade svurit
Future	ska svärja	or: kommer att svärja
Conditional	skulle svärja	jag skulle svärja
Imperative	svär!	a command
Present participle	svärjande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	svuren	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of svärja
Infinitive	svärjas
Present	svärjs
Past	svors
Supine	svurits

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 svärjer. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (svärja). Which is the past tense?

svärja in a sentence

hon svor att hämnas
she swore revenge

Questions

What does svärja mean in English?

svärja means “alternative form of svära”.

What is the past tense of svärja?

The past tense of svärja is svor (“jag svor”). The supine is svurit, used in “jag har svurit”.

What is the present tense of svärja?

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

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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