tala om
Meaning
to tell (pass information orally)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tala om | to tell |
|---|---|---|
| Present | talar om | jag talar om |
| Past | talade om | jag talade om |
| Supine | talat om | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har talat om | jag har talat om |
| Past perfect | hade talat om | jag hade talat om |
| Future | ska tala om | or: kommer att tala om |
| Conditional | skulle tala om | jag skulle tala om |
| Imperative | tala om! | a command |
| Present participle | omtalande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | omtalad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tala oms |
|---|---|
| Present | talar oms |
| Past | talade oms |
| Supine | talat oms |
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 talar om. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tala om
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tala om). Which is the past tense?
tala om in a sentence
- Tala om vad som försiggår!Tell me what's going on here!
- Jag talade om för honom att jag inte tycker att hans beteende är okejI told him that I don't think his behavior is okay
Questions
What does tala om mean in English?
tala om means “to tell (pass information orally)”.
What is the past tense of tala om?
The past tense of tala om is talade om (“jag talade om”). The supine is talat om, used in “jag har talat om”.
What is the present tense of tala om?
talar om, the same for every person: jag talar om, du talar om, vi talar om.
Where the course teaches it
Nearby common words
tala om is number 10,023 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 10,019i natt tonight (during the night), this night, last night (during the night)
- 10,020integration integration (making a whole of parts), integration (of immigrants)
- 10,021podcast a podcast (show, or episode)
- 10,022tycka om like
- 10,024administrera administer
- 10,025etnicitet etnicity, ethnicity, ethnos
- 10,026ambivalens ambivalence (coexistence of opposing attitudes)
- 10,027ambivalent ambivalent
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