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 | ska |
| Present | skar |
| Past | skade |
| Imperative | ska |
| Supine | skat |
Verbs conjugated like 'ska'
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 'ska'
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Ska vi gå hem till dig eller hem till mig, eller var och en hem till sitt? Ska vi göra som dom andra och ägna oss åt varandra, eller ska var och en sköta sitt? (Shall we go to your place ["home to you" – idiomatic] or to my place [home to me], or each one ["each and one" – idiomatic] home to theirs [nominalized – neuter gender is used when there is no concrete referent, like in impersonal constructions and here, as a rule of thumb]? Shall we do like the others and spend time on each other [engage in each other as an activity – doesn't have the connotations of "devote"], or shall each one mind [take care of] theirs [nominalized]?) [1974, Lasse Tennander, “Ska vi gå hem till dig [Shall We Go to Your Place ["home to you" – idiomatic]]”, in Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre [Anything You Do, I Can Do Better [a cover album]], performed by Magnus Uggla:]
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Ska vi gå? (Shall we leave?)
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Imorgon ska vi mata tigrar (Tomorrow we are going to [tomorrow we shall] feed tigers)
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Jag ska göra det imorgon. Jag lovar! (I will [shall] do it tomorrow. I promise!)
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Nej, du ska göra det idag! (No, you will [shall] do it today!)
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Nu räcker det. Monstret ska dö! (That's enough. The monster will [shall] die!)
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Det här ska du få sota för! (You will [shall] pay for this! [with an idiomatic expression])
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Vi skulle mata tigrar, men djurparken var stängd (We were going to feed tigers, but the zoo was closed)
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De skulle skydda försörjningslinjen till varje pris (They were to protect the supply line at all costs)
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Försörjningslinjen skulle skyddas till varje pris (The supply line was to be protected at all costs)
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Festen var grym. Du skulle (ha) varit där! [Ha (“Have”) is implied from varit (“been”) being in the supine and can be skipped] (The party was awesome. You should / were to have been there!)
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Du skulle (ha) sett hans min! (You should / were to have seen the look on his face! [his facial expression])
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Nä, om man skulle ta sig en sup! (Anyway, if one [referring to oneself obliquely – see man] were to / should have oneself a drink! [I want to have a drink!])
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Man skulle (ha) haft en båt (I wish I had a boat / If only I had a boat)
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Ring mig om du skulle vara sen (Call me if you should / were to be late / [closer in tone] Call me if you'll be late)
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Om det skulle regna så stannar vi inne (If it should / were to rain, we'll stay inside / [closer in tone] If it rains, we'll stay inside)
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Skulle det regna så stannar vi inne (Should / were it to rain, we'll stay inside / [closer in tone] If it rains, we'll stay inside)
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Vi kanske skulle gå dit (Maybe we should go there)
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Du skulle gå dit (You were to go there)
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Instruktionerna ska följas till punkt och pricka (The instructions are to / have to / must [shall] be followed to the letter)
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Instruktionerna skulle följas till punkt och pricka (The instructions were to / had to be followed to the letter)
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Om du var ett hav vore jag en våg. Om du var himmelen skulle jag ha vingar. Om du var ett regn hade jag var't [varit] hav och land. Om du var musik vore jag en sång. Om du var vidderna ville jag va' [vara] vinden. Men jag skulle inte va' [vara] nånting om du inte fanns. ([Literally translated for illustration – see the link for a more natural translation] If you were an ocean [sea], were I a wave [subjunctive, everyday – see vore]. If you were the sky, I would have wings [compare "I were to have wings," and also "I should have wings" in old-fashioned English]. If you were a rain, had I been sea and land [subjunctive, everyday – very common with hade (“had”)]. If you were music, were [subjunctive] I a song. If you were the plains, I wanted to be the wind [somewhat tersely worded here in Swedish as well]. But I would not be anything if you did not exist.) [1990, Niklas Strömstedt, “Om [If]”, in Om! [If!]:]
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Nedskärningar skulle få allvarliga konsekvenser (Cutbacks [down-cuttings] would have [get] serious consequences)
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De hade bestämt sig. Monstret skulle dö! (They had made up their mind. The monster would / was going to die!)
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Det skulle inte få hända (It would not be allowed to happen / [for comparison] It were not to be allowed to happen)
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Vad skulle de göra utan oss? (What would they do without us? / [for comparison] What were they to do without us?)
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Skulle du rekommendera restaurangen? (Would you recommend the restaurant? / [for comparison] Were you to recommend the restaurant?)
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Vad skulle ni vilja ha? (What would you like (to have)?)
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Om jag var rik så skulle jag kunna köpa ett slott (If I were rich, I would be able to buy a castle / I could buy a castle)
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Det kan hända (It can happen)
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Det skulle kunna hända (It could / might [would be able to] happen)
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en metod som skulle kunna fungera (a method that could / might [would be able to] work)
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Metoden skulle kunna vara en lösning (The method could / might [would be able to] be a solution)
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Det skulle kunna äventyra hela projektet (It could / might [would be able to] jeopardize the whole project)
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Hon kunde jonglera (She could [was able to; knew how to] juggle)
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Hon skulle kunna jonglera på festen (She could [would be able to] juggle at the party [It might be a fun thing for her to do at the party])
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Vi skulle kunna gå på bio (We could [would be able to] go to the cinema)
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Mannen ska ha uppträtt hotfullt (The man is said to have behaved in a threatening manner [is supposed to have behaved in a threatening manner])
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Hon ska vara över två meter lång (She is said / supposed to be more than two meters tall)
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Det ska tydligen regna imorgon (Apparently, it's going to / is supposed to rain tomorrow [It is said to be raining tomorrow, on the weather report or the like])
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Filmen ska vara bra har jag hört (The movie is supposed to be good, I've heard)
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Det är en metod jag (har) hört ska fungera (It's a method I've heard is supposed to work)
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Metoden skulle fungera väl, hade de hört (The method was supposed to work well, they had heard)
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Jag är väldigt upprörd över ryktena om att jag skulle/ska ha varit otrogen mot min fru (I am very upset by the rumors claiming that I have been unfaithful to my wife [the rumors that I was/am supposed to have been unfaithful to my wife])
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Jag ska g̶å̶/̶å̶k̶a̶ till affären (I'm going to the store)
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Paketet ska s̶k̶i̶c̶k̶a̶s̶/̶l̶e̶v̶e̶r̶e̶r̶a̶s̶/̶.̶.̶.̶ till Portugal (The package is going to Portugal)
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Jag ska g̶å̶/̶å̶k̶a̶ hem (I'm going home)
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Vi ska å̶k̶a̶ in till stan och handla. Vill du ha någonting? (We're going into town to shop. Do you want anything?)
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Jag ska k̶l̶ä̶t̶t̶r̶a̶ upp på taket (I'm going up on the roof)
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Jag ska k̶l̶i̶v̶a̶/̶g̶å̶ av vid nästa station (I'm getting off at the next station)
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Ska du f̶ö̶l̶j̶a̶ med? (Are you coming with us?)
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Nu räcker det. Han ska å̶k̶a̶ ut! (That's it, he's out!)
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Jag tror han skulle g̶å̶/å̶k̶a̶ hem (I think he was going home)
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Jag vet inte vart han skulle å̶k̶a̶/g̶å̶ (I don't know where he was going)
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Skulle du f̶ö̶l̶j̶a̶ med eller? (Are you coming or what?)
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Jag ska g̶å̶/å̶k̶a̶ dit imorgon (I'm going there tomorrow)
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Jag ska å̶k̶a̶ på semester till Spanien (I'm going on vacation to Spain)
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Vi ska å̶k̶a̶/̶g̶å̶/̶.̶.̶.̶ norrut (We are heading north)
Additional Information
Etymology
Apocopic form of skall (“shall”), present tense of skola (see there for additional senses and examples), from Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną. Compare senses of Old English sculan. See: Proto-Germanic '
*skulaną'.
Cognates
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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.