se ut

See also: seut

Swedish

se ut (present ser ut, preterite såg ut, supine sett ut, imperative se ut)

(intransitive) to look (a certain way)
Du ser ledsen ut. Går det bra?
You look sad. Are you alright?

Du ser ut som Michael Jackson
You look like Michael Jackson

Han ser ut att inte gilla det
He looks like he doesn't like it

Det ser ut att regna imorgon
It looks like (it will) rain tomorrow

Så här ser ut!
What a mess! / Would you look at this mess! ["How here looks!", implying awful is how it looks – idiomatic]
1. to appear, to seem
  Det ser ut att fungera
  It seems to be working ("It looks to work")
(transitive) to pick, to choose for future acquiring; to decide upon an item to buy later
Vi har sett ut ett hus som vi vill köpa, om vi har råd.
We have decided on a house that we'd like to buy, if we can afford it.

Conjugation of se (class 5 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	se ut		—
Supine	sett ut		—
Imperative	se ut		—
Imper. plural¹	sen ut		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ser ut	såg ut	—	—
Ind. plural¹	se ut	sågo ut	—	—
Subjunctive²	se ut	såge ut	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	—
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.