vina
vina as a verb
Meaning
whine
In Swedish: ge ifrån sig ett högt och gällt och ihållande ljud
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att vina | to whine |
|---|---|---|
| Present | viner | jag viner |
| Past | ven | jag ven |
| Supine | vinit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har vinit | jag har vinit |
| Past perfect | hade vinit | jag hade vinit |
| Future | ska vina | or: kommer att vina |
| Conditional | skulle vina | jag skulle vina |
| Imperative | vin! | a command |
| Present participle | vinande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | vinas |
|---|---|
| Present | vins |
| Past | vens |
| Supine | vinits |
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 viner. See the four verb groups explained.
vina as a noun(en vina)
Meaning
a veena (plucked string instrument)
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en vina |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | vinan |
| Plural, indefinite | vinor |
| Plural, definite | vinorna |
vina is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor vina, den stora vinan. Check another noun
Practise vina
1 / 2Yesterday I … (vina). Which is the past tense?
vina in a sentence
- vinden venthe wind howled
- Kulorna ven förbi ossThe bullets whizzed past us
- Vinden ven utanför fönstretThe wind howled outside the window
Questions
What does vina mean in English?
vina means “whine”.
Is it en vina or ett vina?
It is en vina, and “the a veena” is vinan.
What is the plural of vina?
The plural of vina is vinor, and the definite plural is vinorna.
What is the past tense of vina?
The past tense of vina is ven (“jag ven”). The supine is vinit, used in “jag har vinit”.
What is the present tense of vina?
viner, the same for every person: jag viner, du viner, vi viner.
Origin
From Old Swedish hvina, from Old Norse hvína, from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną.
Nearby common words
vina is number 7,673 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,669nia nine
- 7,670importera import
- 7,671samuraj samurai
- 7,672hängivenhet devotion
- 7,674besparingar savings
- 7,675själviskt selfish
- 7,676knäböja to kneel, to genuflect
- 7,677glimt gleam, flash
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