puffa – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of puffa

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

Infinitivepuffa
Presentpuffar
Pastpuffade
Imperativepuffa
Supinepuffat

Translations

Synonyms & Antonyms

Sample Sentences

  • Rök puffade ur ånglokets skorsten (Smoke puffed out of the steam locomotive's smokestack)
  • puffa på en cigarr (puff on a cigar)
  • Hon puffade till honom i sidan. "Vakna!" (She nudged him in the side. "Wake up!")
  • Man måste puffa på dom lite för att de ska få tummen ur (You have to nudge them a bit to get them to get their finger [thumb] out (get them to proceed with the matter at hand))

Additional Information

Etymology

jfr d. puffe, holl. poffen, t. puffen, buffen, eng. puff, buff, fr. pouffer; avledn. av PUFF, sbst. — Jfr BUFFA, v., BUFFERT, PUFFERT, sbst.2 References: 1

Verbs referencing "puffa"

English puff.

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of puffa

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: puffande

Indicative

Present

jagpuffar
dupuffar
han;honpuffar
vipuffa
nipuffa
depuffa

Perfect

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

Past

jagpuffade
dupuffade
han;honpuffade
vipuffade
nipuffade
depuffade

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

dupuffa
viLåt oss puffa
nipuffa

Swedish Dialects of Finland

Examples in Swedish Dialects in Finland

puffa (v.I)
pɷff (norra Österbotten, Kvevlax ÖB, Korsholm ÖB, Tjöck ÖB, Lappfjärd ÖB, Sideby ÖB, Nagu ÅB), puff (Korsnäs ÖB, Närpes ÖB, Lappfjärd ÖB), puff(a) (Åland), pɷff(a) (Korpo ÅB, Pargas ÅB, östra Åboland, Tenala NL, Snappertuna NL, Kyrkslätt NL, Sibbo NL, Borgå NL, Liljendal NL)
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Examples
  • nɷ pɷffar dom myky i da: (Tenala NL)
  • ɷn pɷffa i: fö mⱸ so ja foll (Korsholm ÖB)
  • ti balanse:r po ⱸ:n sta:ŋ o førṣø:k puff nⱸ:r ⱸn anin (Korsnäs ÖB)