utlova
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
ut (“out”) + lova (“promise”)
Verb edit
utlova (present utlovar, preterite utlovade, supine utlovat, imperative utlova)
- to promise (something, or to bring about something)
- De utlovade allmänna val
- They promised to hold general elections
Usage notes edit
- Can take a thing someone promises (to bring about) as a direct object.
- For "I promise to ...", "Jag lovar att ..." sounds more natural than "Jag utlovar att ..."
- Idiomatic for "a promised X" (an X someone has been promised) in the past participle utlovad.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of utlova (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | utlova | utlovas | ||
| Supine | utlovat | utlovats | ||
| Imperative | utlova | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | utloven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | utlovar | utlovade | utlovas | utlovades |
| Ind. plural1 | utlova | utlovade | utlovas | utlovades |
| Subjunctive2 | utlove | utlovade | utloves | utlovades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | utlovande | |||
| Past participle | utlovad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||