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
| Infinitive | roa |
| Present | roar |
| Past | roade |
| Imperative | roa |
| Supine | roat |
Verbs conjugated like 'roa'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'roa'
boa,
broa,
doa,
hoa,
oa,
oroa,
poa,
rea,
ria,
ro,
Additional Information
roa underhålla
[A/x roar B; A roar sig (med x/att + INF)]
Engelsk översättning
amuse, entertain
Exempel
det roar mig att höra dig berätta---I enjoy hearing (it amuses me to hear) you talk
hon är inte road av teater---she doesn't enjoy the theatre
de roade sig med att kasta sten---they amused themselves by throwing stones
Etymology
1. fsv. ro(a), vila, ha ro, roas, ha ro; jfr fd. roo, finna vila (d. ro), mlt. rouwen, rōwen, fht. ruowēn, ruowōn (t. ruhen, ä. t. äv. rugen); avledn. av RO, sbst.
1; för formen
roga jfr BOGEN, p. adj.
1; för formen
rodha jfr
blåd (se BLÅ). — Jfr BERO References:
1
2. ro + -a, from Old Swedish ro (“rest”), German ruhe with a secondary meaning in Danish and Swedish of entertainment, pastime (during the rest)
Verbs referencing "roa"
Alemannic German
ruewe.
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.