sabba – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of sabba

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

Infinitivesabba
Presentsabbar
Pastsabbade
Imperativesabba
Supinesabbat

Translations

Synonyms & Antonyms

Sample Sentences

  • Ni sabbade det (You ruined it)
  • Han bara sabbar (He just ruins things)
  • (SVT News) [2017 June 12, “”Ungas framtid sabbas när LSS dras in” [”The future of young people is ruined when LSS gets revoked”]”, in SVT Nyheter [SVT News]:]

Additional Information

Etymology

1. sv. dial. sabba, smutsa, orena, vara långsam l. drumlig l. tafatt; jfr d. sabbe, göra våt, söla ned, nor. dial. sabba, gå långsamt l. släpande, shetl. sabb, genomblöta, mlt. sabben, dregla, vara orenlig, t. dial. sappen, gå tungt; till roten i SAV. — Jfr SABB, SABBIK References: 1
2. Clipping of sabotera.

Cognates

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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: sabbande

Indicative

Present

jagsabbar
dusabbar
han;honsabbar
visabba
nisabba
desabba

Perfect

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

Past

jagsabbade
dusabbade
han;honsabbade
visabbade
nisabbade
desabbade

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

dusabba
viLåt oss sabba
nisabba

Swedish Dialects of Finland