täta
Meaning
seal
In Swedish: göra tät
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att täta | to seal |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tätar | jag tätar |
| Past | tätade | jag tätade |
| Supine | tätat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tätat | jag har tätat |
| Past perfect | hade tätat | jag hade tätat |
| Future | ska täta | or: kommer att täta |
| Conditional | skulle täta | jag skulle täta |
| Imperative | täta! | a command |
| Present participle | tätande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tätad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tätas |
|---|---|
| Present | tätas |
| Past | tätades |
| Supine | tätats |
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 tätar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise täta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (täta). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does täta mean in English?
täta means “seal”.
What is the past tense of täta?
The past tense of täta is tätade (“jag tätade”). The supine is tätat, used in “jag har tätat”.
What is the present tense of täta?
tätar, the same for every person: jag tätar, du tätar, vi tätar.
Similar words
Origin
tät (“tight”) + -a
Nearby common words
täta is number 7,213 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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