Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

tolka

interpret

Meaning

interpret

In Swedish: översätta muntligt från ett språk till ett annat

Conjugation

Conjugation of tolka (interpret)
Infinitive	att tolka	to interpret
Present	tolkar	jag tolkar
Past	tolkade	jag tolkade
Supine	tolkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tolkat	jag har tolkat
Past perfect	hade tolkat	jag hade tolkat
Future	ska tolka	or: kommer att tolka
Conditional	skulle tolka	jag skulle tolka
Imperative	tolka!	a command
Present participle	tolkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tolkad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tolka
Infinitive	tolkas
Present	tolkas
Past	tolkades
Supine	tolkats

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 tolkar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise tolka

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

tolka in a sentence

jag tolkar din tystnad som ett medgivande
I take your silence as tacit approval
tolka lagen
interpret the law

Questions

What does tolka mean in English?

tolka means “interpret”.

What is the past tense of tolka?

The past tense of tolka is tolkade (“jag tolkade”). The supine is tolkat, used in “jag har tolkat”.

What is the present tense of tolka?

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

Nearby common words

tolka is number 4,233 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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4,231euro euro
4,232uppförande behaviour, performance
4,234inbjuden invited
4,235ego ego
4,236konferens conference
4,237marijuana marijuana

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