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Swedish Past

This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Swedish. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.

To see: Att se
To write: Att skriva
To love: Att älska
To give: Att ge
To play: Att spela
To read: Att läsa
To understand: Att förstå
To have: Att ha
To know: Att veta
To learn: Att lära
To think: Att tänka
To work: Att arbeta / jobba
To speak: Att tala
To drive: Att köra
To smile: Att le
To find: Att hitta

These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).

I saw you: Jag såg dig
I wrote with a pen: Jag skrev med en penna
You loved apples: Du älskade äpplen
You gave money: Du gav pengar
You played tennis: Du spelade tennis
He read (past) a book: Han läste en bok
He understood me: Han förstod mig
She had a cat: Hon hade en katt
She knew my friend: Hon kände min vän
We wanted to learn: Vi ville lära oss
We thought Spanish is easy: Vi trodde att spanska var enkelt
You (plural) worked here: Ni jobbade här
You (plural) spoke French: Ni talade franska
They drove a car: De körde en bil
They smiled: De log

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