forta – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of forta

Modern Swedish

In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.

All Forms

Infinitiveforta
Presentfortar
Pastfortade
Imperativeforta
Supinefortat
This verb is either archaic or dialectal. The verb conjugation chart shows how the verb is conjugated following the conjugation rules of today's Swedish; the verb forms shown below may never have existed as such.

Translations

Synonyms & Antonyms

Sample Sentences

  • få en väggpendyl att forta sig (make a pendulum clock go faster)
  • Nu skall jag forta mig igenom flest möjliga bloggar. (Now I will hurry through as many blogs as possible.)

Additional Information

Etymology

1. till FORT, adv. 5; jfr d. forte References: 1
2. From fort (“fast, speedily”).

Cognates

-

Swedish AD ~1900

Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.

Gerund: fortande

Indicative

Present

jagfortar
dufortar
han;honfortar
viforta
niforta
deforta

Perfect

jaghar fortat
duhar fortat
han;honhar fortat
viha fortat
niha fortat
deha fortat

Past

jagfortade
dufortade
han;honfortade
vifortade
nifortade
defortade

Pluperfect

jaghade fortat
duhade fortat
han;honhade fortat
vihade fortat
nihade fortat
dehade fortat

Future

jagskulle forta
duskulle forta
han;honskulle forta
viskola forta
niskola forta
deskola forta

Future Perfect

jagskulle ha(va) fortat
duskulle ha(va) fortat
han;honskulle ha(va) fortat
viskola ha(va) fortat
niskola ha(va) fortat
deskola ha(va) fortat

Conjunctive

Present

jagmå forta
dumå forta
han;honmå forta
vimå forta
nimå forta
demå forta

Perfect

jagmå ha(va) fortat
dumå ha(va) fortat
han;honmå ha(va) fortat
vimå ha(va) fortat
nimå ha(va) fortat
demå ha(va) fortat

Past

jagskulle forta
duskulle forta
han;honskulle forta
viskulle forta
niskulle forta
deskulle forta

Pluperfect

jagskulle ha(va) fortat
duskulle ha(va) fortat
han;honskulle ha(va) fortat
viskulle ha(va) fortat
niskulle ha(va) fortat
deskulle ha(va) fortat

Conditional

Present

jagskulle forta
duskulle forta
han;honskulle forta
viskulle forta
niskulle forta
deskulle forta

Perfect

jagskulle ha(va) fortat
duskulle ha(va) fortat
han;honskulle ha(va) fortat
viskulle ha(va) fortat
niskulle ha(va) fortat
deskulle ha(va) fortat

Imperative

duforta
viLåt oss forta
niforta

Swedish Dialects of Finland

Examples in Swedish Dialects in Finland

forta (v.I)
fɷ:ṭ (Malax ÖB), fɷ:ṭṭ (Petalax ÖB), fɷ:ṭṭ(a) (Finström ÅL), fɷ:ṭ(a) (Jomala ÅL, Saltvik ÅL, Vårdö ÅL, Kökar ÅL, Föglö ÅL, Kumlinge ÅL), fɷ:rṭ(a) (Bromarv NL), fo:rt(a) (västra Nyland)
.
Examples
  • tom bru:kar ṣṭäll dom at dom inʼt ska fɷ:ṭ ṣä so nɷ:g (Kumlinge ÅL)