Swedish verb

tycka om

like/tʏkaˈɔmː/

Meaning

In Swedish: vara förtjust i, gilla

Conjugation

Conjugation of tycka om (like)
Infinitive	att tycka om	to like
Present	tycker om	jag tycker om
Past	tyckte om	jag tyckte om
Supine	tyckt om	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tyckt om	jag har tyckt om
Past perfect	hade tyckt om	jag hade tyckt om
Future	ska tycka om	or: kommer att tycka om
Conditional	skulle tycka om	jag skulle tycka om
Imperative	tyck om!	a command
Present participle	omtyckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	omtyckt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tycka om
Infinitive	tyckas om
Present	tycker oms
Past	tyckte oms
Supine	tyckt 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 tycker om. See the four verb groups explained.

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tycka om in a sentence

tycka om sin fru
be fond of one's wife
tycka om pannkaka
like pancakes
Jag tycker om att gå i skogen.
I like walking in the forest.
Han har aldrig tyckt om isglass.
He has never enjoyed ice pop.
Tycker du verkligen om mig?
Do you really like me?
Vad tycker du om popmusik?
What is your opinion on pop music?

Questions

What does tycka om mean in English?

tycka om means “like”.

What is the past tense of tycka om?

The past tense of tycka om is tyckte om (“jag tyckte om”). The supine is tyckt om, used in “jag har tyckt om”.

What is the present tense of tycka om?

tycker om, the same for every person: jag tycker om, du tycker om, vi tycker om.

Similar words

gillaälskaavhållahålla av

Where the course teaches it

Nearby common words

tycka om is number 10,022 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

10,018preferens preference
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)
10,023tala om to tell (pass information orally)
10,024administrera administer
10,025etnicitet etnicity, ethnicity, ethnos
10,026ambivalens ambivalence (coexistence of opposing attitudes)

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