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sälja

sell/ˈsɛlːˌja/

Meaning

sell

In Swedish: överlämna mot betalning

Conjugation

Conjugation of sälja (sell)
Infinitive	att sälja	to sell
Present	säljer	jag säljer
Past	sålde	jag sålde
Supine	sålt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sålt	jag har sålt
Past perfect	hade sålt	jag hade sålt
Future	ska sälja	or: kommer att sälja
Conditional	skulle sälja	jag skulle sälja
Imperative	sälj!	a command
Present participle	säljande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	såld	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sälja
Infinitive	säljas
Present	säljs
Past	såldes
Supine	sålts

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 säljer. See the four verb groups explained.

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sälja in a sentence

tavlorna är sålda
the pictures are sold
sälja blommor
sell flowers
boken säljer bra
the book is selling well
Har ni sålt huset?
Have you sold the house?
Karin säljer bilar.
Karin sells cars.

Questions

What does sälja mean in English?

sälja means “sell”.

What is the past tense of sälja?

The past tense of sälja is sålde (“jag sålde”). The supine is sålt, used in “jag har sålt”.

What is the present tense of sälja?

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

Similar words

avyttra

Origin

From Old Swedish sælia, from Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Nearby common words

sälja is number 543 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

539kompis buddy, mate
540viktig important, stuck-up
541mord murder
542land land, country
544klockan the watch, the clock
545bila travel (go) by car
546köra drive, drive (away)
547tidigare earlier, previously

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