tyda
Meaning
interpret
In Swedish: förklara, tolka
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tyda | to interpret |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tyder | jag tyder |
| Past | tydde | jag tydde |
| Supine | tytt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tytt | jag har tytt |
| Past perfect | hade tytt | jag hade tytt |
| Future | ska tyda | or: kommer att tyda |
| Conditional | skulle tyda | jag skulle tyda |
| Imperative | tyd! | a command |
| Present participle | tydande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tydd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tydas |
|---|---|
| Present | tyds |
| Past | tyddes |
| Supine | tytts |
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 tyder. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tyda
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tyda). Which is the past tense?
tyda in a sentence
- tyda ett meddelandeinterpret a message
- Kan du tyda min handstil?Can you understand my handwriting?
- Det var så mycket brus i signalen att ingen lyckades tyda den.There were so much noise in the signal that nobody managed to interpret it.
- Det finns inget som tyder på att sjukdomen skulle ha förvärrats.There is nothing indicating that the illness would have gotten worse.
Questions
What does tyda mean in English?
tyda means “interpret”.
What is the past tense of tyda?
The past tense of tyda is tydde (“jag tydde”). The supine is tytt, used in “jag har tytt”.
What is the present tense of tyda?
tyder, the same for every person: jag tyder, du tyder, vi tyder.
Origin
From Old Swedish þȳþa, from Old Norse þýða, from Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną.
Nearby common words
tyda is number 2,245 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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