ledsen
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Related to led (“tired, bored”)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ledsen (comparative ledsnare, superlative ledsnast)
- sorry, sad
- Jag är ledsen om jag stör.
- I'm sorry if I'm bothering you.
- Hans kanin hade just dött, och han var ledsen och grät.
- His rabbit had just died, and he was sad and cried.
- Hur vet man om ett barn är ledset?
- How does one know if a child is sad?
- Alla var väldigt ledsna.
- Everyone was very sad.
Usage notes edit
See the usage notes for sorgsen, for which the natural translation is often sad as well.
Declension edit
| Inflection of ledsen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | ledsen | ledsnare | ledsnast |
| Neuter singular | ledset | ledsnare | ledsnast |
| Plural | ledsna | ledsnare | ledsnast |
| Masculine plural3 | ledsne | ledsnare | ledsnast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | ledsne | ledsnare | ledsnaste |
| All | ledsna | ledsnare | ledsnaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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Further reading edit
- [1] in Project Runeberg
- ledsen in Svensk ordbok.