yla
Meaning
howl
In Swedish: tjuta som en hund el. varg
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att yla | to howl |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ylar | jag ylar |
| Past | ylade | jag ylade |
| Supine | ylat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har ylat | jag har ylat |
| Past perfect | hade ylat | jag hade ylat |
| Future | ska yla | or: kommer att yla |
| Conditional | skulle yla | jag skulle yla |
| Imperative | yla! | a command |
| Present participle | ylande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | ylas |
|---|---|
| Present | ylas |
| Past | ylades |
| Supine | ylats |
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 ylar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise yla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (yla). Which is the past tense?
yla in a sentence
- ylande hundarhowling dogs
Questions
What does yla mean in English?
yla means “howl”.
What is the past tense of yla?
The past tense of yla is ylade (“jag ylade”). The supine is ylat, used in “jag har ylat”.
What is the present tense of yla?
ylar, the same for every person: jag ylar, du ylar, vi ylar.
Origin
From Old Norse ýla.
Nearby common words
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary