tämja
Meaning
tame
In Swedish: göra tam
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tämja | to tame |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tämjer | jag tämjer |
| Past | tämjde | jag tämjde |
| Supine | tämjt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tämjt | jag har tämjt |
| Past perfect | hade tämjt | jag hade tämjt |
| Future | ska tämja | or: kommer att tämja |
| Conditional | skulle tämja | jag skulle tämja |
| Imperative | tämj! | a command |
| Present participle | tämjande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tämjd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tämjas |
|---|---|
| Present | tämjs |
| Past | tämjdes |
| Supine | tämjts |
Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use tämjer. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tämja
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tämja). Which is the past tense?
tämja in a sentence
- tämja naturkrafternaconquer the forces of nature
- tämja naturens kraftertame the forces of nature
Questions
What does tämja mean in English?
tämja means “tame”.
What is the past tense of tämja?
The past tense of tämja is tämjde (“jag tämjde”). The supine is tämjt, used in “jag har tämjt”.
What is the present tense of tämja?
tämjer, the same for every person: jag tämjer, du tämjer, vi tämjer.
Similar words
dressera
Origin
From Old Swedish tæmia, from Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.
Nearby common words
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