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vänta

wait, expect/²vɛnːta/

Meaning

wait; expect

In Swedish: låta tiden gå tills något inträffar

Conjugation

Conjugation of vänta (wait)
Infinitive	att vänta	to wait
Present	väntar	jag väntar
Past	väntade	jag väntade
Supine	väntat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har väntat	jag har väntat
Past perfect	hade väntat	jag hade väntat
Future	ska vänta	or: kommer att vänta
Conditional	skulle vänta	jag skulle vänta
Imperative	vänta!	a command
Present participle	väntande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	väntad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vänta
Infinitive	väntas
Present	väntas
Past	väntades
Supine	väntats

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 väntar. See the four verb groups explained.

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vänta in a sentence

vänta på besked
wait for an answer (information, instructions)
vänta på bussen
wait for the bus
jag väntade mig inte att du skulle vara intresserad
I didn't think you would be interested (expect you to be interested)
kostnaderna väntas öka
costs are expected to rise
Vi väntar på bussen.
We're waiting for the bus.
Hon väntar barn i april.
She is expecting a child in April.
Jag väntar mig att det kommer att regna.
I expect that it will rain.

Expressions

vänta barn
expect a baby

Questions

What does vänta mean in English?

vänta means “wait, expect”.

What is the past tense of vänta?

The past tense of vänta is väntade (“jag väntade”). The supine is väntat, used in “jag har väntat”.

What is the present tense of vänta?

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

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Norse vænta (“to expect”).

Nearby common words

vänta is number 100 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

96sen since, then, late
97inget none, no one
98ju of course, why
99ditt your, yours, you (vocative determiner used before a singular neuter gender noun)
101känna feel, know
102två two
103nån some, any
104dag day

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