ljuga
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ljuga (present tense lyg, past tense laug, past participle loge, passive infinitive ljugast, present participle ljugande, imperative ljug)
- to lie (tell an intentional untruth)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ljuga — (strong class 2)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “ljuga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish liūgha, from Old Norse ljúga, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell a lie”). Cognate with Danish lyve, Faroese ljúgva (whence lúgva), Icelandic ljúga, Norwegian Bokmål lyve and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuga.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ljuga (present ljuger, preterite ljög, supine ljugit, imperative ljug)
- to lie, to tell an untruth
- Politikerna drar sig inte för att ljuga sina väljare rakt upp i ansiktet.
- The politicians do not hesitate to lie to their voters straight to their faces.
- Jag skulle ljuga, om jag sade, att jag älskar människorna.
- I would be lying if I said that I loved mankind.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ljuga (class 2 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | ljuga | ljugas | ||
| Supine | ljugit | ljugits | ||
| Imperative | ljug | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | ljugen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | ljuger | ljög | ljugs, ljuges | ljögs |
| Ind. plural1 | ljuga | ljögo | ljugas | ljögos |
| Subjunctive2 | ljuge | ljöge | ljuges | ljöges |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | ljugande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||