läsa
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lasa"
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish læsa, from Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *les-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]läsa (present läser, preterite läste, supine läst, imperative läs)
- to read (text)
- Jag läste en rolig bok
- I read a funny book
- to study, to read (usually at university)
- Jag läser biologi vid Uppsala universitet (more formally: Jag studerar biologi ...)
- I am studying biology at the University of Uppsala
- Jag ska läsa en kurs i programmering (more commonly: Jag ska ta en kurs ...)
- I am going to take a programming course
- to read (interpret, more generally)
- läsa ansikten
- read faces
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of läsa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | läsa | läsas | ||
Supine | läst | lästs | ||
Imperative | läs | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | läsen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | läser | läste | läses | lästes |
Ind. plural1 | läsa | läste | läsas | lästes |
Subjunctive2 | läse | läste | läses | lästes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | läsande | |||
Past participle | läst | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Conjugation of läsa (class 5 strong, obsolete)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | läsa | läsas | ||
Supine | läsit | läsits | ||
Imperative | läs | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | läsen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | läser | las | läses | lass |
Ind. plural1 | läsa | låso | läsas | låsos |
Subjunctive2 | läse | låse | läses | låses |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | läsande | |||
Past participle | läsen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- läsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- läsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- läsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- läsa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Swedish lemmas
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- Swedish weak verbs
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- Swedish class 5 strong verbs