lattja
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From lattjo + -a, from Tavringer Romani lattjo (“good, fine”), Romani laćho (“good”), same root as in Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī, “good fortune, wealth”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lattja (present lattjar, preterite lattjade, supine lattjat, imperative lattja)
- (colloquial) to play, to have fun, to mess around, to joke
Usage notes edit
- Can be used with particles such as runt (“around”).
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lattja (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | lattja | lattjas | ||
| Supine | lattjat | lattjats | ||
| Imperative | lattja | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | lattjen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lattjar | lattjade | lattjas | lattjades |
| Ind. plural1 | lattja | lattjade | lattjas | lattjades |
| Subjunctive2 | lattje | lattjade | lattjes | lattjades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | lattjande | |||
| Past participle | lattjad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||