konstatera
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French constater
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
konstatera (present konstaterar, preterite konstaterade, supine konstaterat, imperative konstatera)
- to state something so obviously true so as to be fact
- Två tåg kolliderade. Här kan man konstatera att något gått allvarligt fel.
- Two trains collided. In this case one can state that something has obviously gone seriously wrong.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of konstatera (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | konstatera | konstateras | ||
| Supine | konstaterat | konstaterats | ||
| Imperative | konstatera | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | konstateren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | konstaterar | konstaterade | konstateras | konstaterades |
| Ind. plural1 | konstatera | konstaterade | konstateras | konstaterades |
| Subjunctive2 | konstatere | konstaterade | konstateres | konstaterades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | konstaterande | |||
| Past participle | konstaterad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||