bekanta

Swedish

Adjective

bekanta

1. inflection of bekant:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Noun

bekanta

1. inflection of bekant (“acquaintance (in general)”):
   1. definite singular
   2. indefinite/definite plural
2. definite plural of bekant (“acquaintance (specifically male)”)

Verb

bekanta (present bekantar, preterite bekantade, supine bekantat, imperative bekanta)

1. (reflexive) acquaint, familiarize, make familiar

   Den första dagen bekantade vi oss med omgivningen.

   The first day we familiarized ourselves with the surroundings.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bekanta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bekanta		bekantas
Supine	bekantat		bekantats
Imperative	bekanta		—
Imper. plural1	bekanten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bekantar	bekantade	bekantas	bekantades
Ind. plural1	bekanta	bekantade	bekantas	bekantades
Subjunctive2	bekante	bekantade	bekantes	bekantades
	Participles
Present participle	bekantande
Past participle	bekantad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.