tycka
How tycka is used
Tycka means to think in the sense of having an opinion, and tycka om means to like. Swedish has three verbs for English “think”: tycka (opinion), tro (believe, suppose) and tänka (the act of thinking). Mixing them up is one of the classic learner mistakes.
Meaning
think; feel; imagine
In Swedish: ha en viss åsikt eller föreställning, anse
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tycka | to think |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tycker | jag tycker |
| Past | tyckte | jag tyckte |
| Supine | tyckt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tyckt | jag har tyckt |
| Past perfect | hade tyckt | jag hade tyckt |
| Future | ska tycka | or: kommer att tycka |
| Conditional | skulle tycka | jag skulle tycka |
| Imperative | tyck! | a command |
| Present participle | tyckande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tyckt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tyckas |
|---|---|
| Present | tycks |
| Past | tycktes |
| Supine | tyckts |
Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use tycker. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tycka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tycka). Which is the past tense?
tycka in a sentence
- Vad tycker du om filmen?What do you think of the film?
- Jag tycker om att laga mat.I like cooking.
- Jag tror att hon kommer.I think (believe) she's coming.
- jag tycker du har felI think you are wrong
- tycka synd om någonfeel sorry for somebody
- han tyckte sig se en gammal grekhe thought he saw an old Greek
- Jag tycker att blodpudding är gott, men det tycker inte NisseI think (am of the opinion that) blood pudding is good, but Nisse doesn't think so
- Vad tycker du att vi borde göra?What do you think (what is your opinion on what) we should do?
- Jag tycker sättet de agerat på är omoralisktI think the way they've acted is immoral
- Vad tror du att hon tycker?What do you think (believe) she thinks (has as her opinion)? / What do you think her opinion is?
Questions
What does tycka mean in English?
tycka means “think, feel”.
What is the past tense of tycka?
The past tense of tycka is tyckte (“jag tyckte”). The supine is tyckt, used in “jag har tyckt”.
What is the present tense of tycka?
tycker, the same for every person: jag tycker, du tycker, vi tycker.
Similar words
Where the course teaches it
Origin
From Old Swedish þykkia, þykia, from Old Norse þykkja, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną.
Nearby common words
tycka is number 159 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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