dejta
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From English date + -a or from dejt + -a.
Verb edit
dejta (present dejtar, preterite dejtade, supine dejtat, imperative dejta)
- (intransitive, informal) to date
- Jag har dejtat ett tag nu.
- I've been dating for a while now.
- (transitive, informal) to date (someone)
- Jag har börjat dejta Karin.
- I've started to date Karin.
- (reciprocal, informal) to date each other
- Jag och Karin har börjat dejta.
- Karin and I have started dating.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of dejta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | dejta | dejtas | ||
| Supine | dejtat | dejtats | ||
| Imperative | dejta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | dejten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | dejtar | dejtade | dejtas | dejtades |
| Ind. plural1 | dejta | dejtade | dejtas | dejtades |
| Subjunctive2 | dejte | dejtade | dejtes | dejtades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | dejtande | |||
| Past participle | dejtad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||