tjura
Meaning
sulk
In Swedish: vara tjurig
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tjura | to sulk |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tjurar | jag tjurar |
| Past | tjurade | jag tjurade |
| Supine | tjurat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tjurat | jag har tjurat |
| Past perfect | hade tjurat | jag hade tjurat |
| Future | ska tjura | or: kommer att tjura |
| Conditional | skulle tjura | jag skulle tjura |
| Imperative | tjura! | a command |
| Present participle | tjurande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tjuras |
|---|---|
| Present | tjuras |
| Past | tjurades |
| Supine | tjurats |
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 tjurar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tjura
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tjura). Which is the past tense?
tjura in a sentence
- han gick och tjurade för att han fick kritikhe went sulking because of the criticism he had received
Questions
What does tjura mean in English?
tjura means “sulk”.
What is the past tense of tjura?
The past tense of tjura is tjurade (“jag tjurade”). The supine is tjurat, used in “jag har tjurat”.
What is the present tense of tjura?
tjurar, the same for every person: jag tjurar, du tjurar, vi tjurar.
Nearby common words
tjura is number 6,362 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