svara
Meaning
reply; answer
In Swedish: ge svar
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att svara | to reply |
|---|---|---|
| Present | svarar | jag svarar |
| Past | svarade | jag svarade |
| Supine | svarat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har svarat | jag har svarat |
| Past perfect | hade svarat | jag hade svarat |
| Future | ska svara | or: kommer att svara |
| Conditional | skulle svara | jag skulle svara |
| Imperative | svara! | a command |
| Present participle | svarande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | svarad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | svaras |
|---|---|
| Present | svaras |
| Past | svarades |
| Supine | svarats |
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 svarar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise svara
1 / 2Yesterday I … (svara). Which is the past tense?
svara in a sentence
- hon svarade med ett leendeshe answered with a smile
- svara jaanswer yes
- jag svarade att jag var från GöteborgI answered that I was from Göteborg
Questions
What does svara mean in English?
svara means “reply, answer”.
What is the past tense of svara?
The past tense of svara is svarade (“jag svarade”). The supine is svarat, used in “jag har svarat”.
What is the present tense of svara?
svarar, the same for every person: jag svarar, du svarar, vi svarar.
Similar words
besvaragenmäla
Where the course teaches it
Origin
From Old Norse svara (“to answer”), from Proto-Germanic *swarōną, cognate to English answer.
Nearby common words
svara is number 414 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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