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ta

take; to grab and move to oneself, to bring (along); to carry, steal, take; catch/tɑː/

Meaning

take; to grab and move to oneself; to bring (along); to carry; steal; take; catch

In Swedish: skaffa sig kontroll över, gripa, fatta

Conjugation

Conjugation of ta (take)
Infinitive	att ta	to take
Present	tar	jag tar
Past	tog	jag tog
Supine	tagit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tagit	jag har tagit
Past perfect	hade tagit	jag hade tagit
Future	ska ta	or: kommer att ta
Conditional	skulle ta	jag skulle ta
Imperative	ta!	a command
Present participle	tagande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tagen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ta
Infinitive	tas
Present	tas
Past	togs
Supine	tagits

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 tar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise ta

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Yesterday I … (ta). Which is the past tense?

ta in a sentence

Ta tag i spaken!
Grab the controls!
ta fatt bollen
grab the ball
Hon tog mitt äpple!
She took my apple!
jag tar tillbaka det
I take that back
ta ansvar för något
Take responsibility for sth.
ta makten
seize power
man får inte ta på de utställda föremålen
you are not allowed to touch the objects on exhibit
ta bussen till jobbet
take the bus to work

Expressions

praktiskt taget
practically
över huvud taget
on the whole
ta del av
study

Questions

What does ta mean in English?

ta means “take; to grab and move to oneself, to bring (along); to carry”.

What is the past tense of ta?

The past tense of ta is tog (“jag tog”). The supine is tagit, used in “jag har tagit”.

What is the present tense of ta?

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

Similar words

snolägga rabarber pånorpalägga beslag påtagergripagreppatåla

Where the course teaches it

Origin

Apocopic form of taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną.

Nearby common words

ta is number 44 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

40nej no
41bara only, just
42min my
43hur how
45se see, look
46honom him, him; oblique of han
47där there, where
48måste must

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