Verb practice
Swedish verb practice and conjugation
Swedish verbs do not change for person — jag, du and hon all say ”talar”. What you need to learn is the handful of forms each verb has. Verbmaskinen drills all six.
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The six Swedish verb forms
Here is one regular and one irregular verb in every form Verbmaskinen practises.
- Imperativ: tala! / skriv!
- speak! / write!
- Infinitiv: att tala / att skriva
- to speak / to write
- Presens: talar / skriver
- speaks / writes
- Preteritum: talade / skrev
- spoke / wrote
- Supinum: har talat / har skrivit
- has spoken / has written
- Perfekt particip: talad / skriven
- spoken / written (as an adjective)
Regular groups and irregular verbs
- Group 1 verbs end in -ar in the present: tala – talade – talat.
- Group 2 verbs end in -er: läsa – läste – läst.
- Group 3 verbs are short: bo – bodde – bott.
- Strong (irregular) verbs change their vowel: skriva – skrev – skrivit. These just need practice.
How Verbmaskinen works
You are shown a verb and asked for a specific form, or you rebuild the full paradigm by putting tiles in the right order. Verbs are grouped by level, from everyday A1 verbs to less common C1 ones.
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