smula – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of smula

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

Infinitivesmula
Presentsmular
Pastsmulade
Imperativesmula
Supinesmulat

Translations

Synonyms & Antonyms

Sample Sentences

  • Vi smulade ner lite bröd i soppan (We crumbled some bread into the soup)
  • Andas in när du äter knäckebrödet. Det smular så förskräckligt annars. (Breathe in when you're eating the crispbread. It crumbles so darn much otherwise.)

Additional Information

Etymology

1. fsv. smula, smola, småla, sv. dial. smula, småla, smöla (med grumligt ö-ljud); jfr dan. o. nor. smule, nor. dial. smola; till SMULA, sbst., l. möjl. sidoform (med s-) till sv. dial. molas, smulas, fvn. mola (nor. dial. mola), smula, samhörigt med fvn. moli, smula (se SMULA, sbst.). — Jfr SMULIG, SMULLRA, SMULNA, SMÖLE References: 1
2. From Old Swedish smula, from a verb meaning to "crumble" and from a derivative of Old Norse mold (“soil, dust”), hence related to English mold. See: English 'mold'.

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of smula

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: smulande

Indicative

Present

jagsmular
dusmular
han;honsmular
vismula
nismula
desmula

Perfect

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

Past

jagsmulade
dusmulade
han;honsmulade
vismulade
nismulade
desmulade

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

dusmula
viLåt oss smula
nismula

Swedish Dialects of Finland