tänja
Meaning
stretch
In Swedish: förlänga något elastiskt
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tänja | to stretch |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tänjer | jag tänjer |
| Past | tänjde | jag tänjde |
| Supine | tänjt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tänjt | jag har tänjt |
| Past perfect | hade tänjt | jag hade tänjt |
| Future | ska tänja | or: kommer att tänja |
| Conditional | skulle tänja | jag skulle tänja |
| Imperative | tänj! | a command |
| Present participle | tänjande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tänjd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tänjas |
|---|---|
| Present | tänjs |
| Past | tänjdes |
| Supine | tänjts |
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 tänjer. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tänja
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tänja). Which is the past tense?
tänja in a sentence
- målvakten tänjde sig och fick tag i bollenthe goalkeeper stretched out and grabbed the ball
- tänja på reglernastretch the rules
- Filmen försöker tänja ut ett enda skämt över två timmarThe movie tries to stretch out a single joke over two hours
- Tänj ut ledigheten genom att ta semester kring helgdagarExtend ("stretch out") your time off by going on vacation around holidays
Questions
What does tänja mean in English?
tänja means “stretch”.
What is the past tense of tänja?
The past tense of tänja is tänjde (“jag tänjde”). The supine is tänjt, used in “jag har tänjt”.
What is the present tense of tänja?
tänjer, the same for every person: jag tänjer, du tänjer, vi tänjer.
Similar words
Origin
Inherited from Old Swedish þænia, from Old Norse þenja, from Proto-Germanic *þanjaną.
Nearby common words
tänja is number 9,005 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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