möta
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish mø̄ta, from Old Norse mœta (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
möta (present möter, preterite mötte, supine mött, imperative möt)
- to meet (come together)
- Jag mötte honom vid bensinstationen
- I met him at the gas station
- 1990, Ainbusk Singers (lyrics and music), “Lassie”:
- Jag mötte Lassie, jag mötte Lassie, och jag såg att godhet fanns. Hoppets stjärna lyste klart runt hennes ludna svans. Jag mötte Lassie, jag mötte Lassie, hon viskade till mig sitt vov. Vi gick tass i hand och i mitt hjärta kändes love.
- I met Lassie, I met Lassie, and I saw that goodness existed. The star of hope shone brightly around her fluffy [fuzzy] tail. I met Lassie, I met Lassie, she whispered to me her woof. We went paw in hand and in my heart I felt love [ad-hoc loan].
- to meet, to encounter (and pass)
- Vi mötte flera bilar med tyska nummerplåtar på vägen dit
- We met several cars with German plates on our way there
- (especially sports) to meet (in a competition)
- Norge mötte Nederländerna
- Norway met the Netherlands
Usage notes edit
See also mötas, which has a special meaning. "De möttes" means "they met" (rather than "they were met" or the like).
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of möta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | möta | mötas | ||
| Supine | mött | mötts | ||
| Imperative | möt | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | möten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | möter | mötte | möts, mötes | möttes |
| Ind. plural1 | möta | mötte | mötas | möttes |
| Subjunctive2 | möte | mötte | mötes | möttes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | mötande | |||
| Past participle | mött | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||