swedish verb tenses Flashcards
Presens
A tense used to talk about events that are happening at the moment of speaking.
Preiterum
A tense used to talk about an event that happened in the past and is now over
Perfekt
A tense used to talk about an event that started in the past and may or may not still be happening,
Pluskvamperfekt
A tense used to talk about an action that was completed before another action in the past
I futurum
A tense used to describe an action happening in the future
How do your form present tense on a verb with an you that ends in a vowel?
Add an -r to the infinitive
How do you form a present tense verb on an infinitive that ends in a consonant
add -er to the infinitive
How to form present tense on a verb that ends in -r?
Do not add anything
How do you form a Preteritum verb with an infinitive that ends in a vowel or most consonants?
Add a -de to the end of the infinitive
How to form a Preteritum on a verb that ends with -mm or -nn
Remove one of the -nn or -mm and add de
How to form a Preteritum on a verb that ends with -k, -p, -s, or -t?
Add a -te to the end of the infinitive
How to form a Preteritum on a short verb?
Add -dde to the infinitive
How to form Perfekt tense?
Use an expression of time, add -har (have), and form past participle
How to form past participle?
Add a -t to the end of the infinitive
How to form Pluskvamperfekt?
Add -hade (had) to the past participle.
