tillfångata
Meaning
capture
In Swedish: göra till fånge, gripa
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tillfångata | to capture |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tillfångatar | jag tillfångatar |
| Past | tillfångatog | jag tillfångatog |
| Supine | tillfångatagit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tillfångatagit | jag har tillfångatagit |
| Past perfect | hade tillfångatagit | jag hade tillfångatagit |
| Future | ska tillfångata | or: kommer att tillfångata |
| Conditional | skulle tillfångata | jag skulle tillfångata |
| Imperative | tillfångata! | a command |
| Present participle | tillfångatagande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tillfångatagen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tillfångatas |
|---|---|
| Present | tillfångatas |
| Past | tillfångatogs |
| Supine | tillfångatagits |
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 tillfångatar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tillfångata
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tillfångata). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does tillfångata mean in English?
tillfångata means “capture”.
What is the past tense of tillfångata?
The past tense of tillfångata is tillfångatog (“jag tillfångatog”). The supine is tillfångatagit, used in “jag har tillfångatagit”.
What is the present tense of tillfångata?
tillfångatar, the same for every person: jag tillfångatar, du tillfångatar, vi tillfångatar.
Origin
From Old Swedish tagha til fanga.
Nearby common words
tillfångata is number 8,679 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary