skymta
Swedish edit
Verb edit
skymta (present skymtar, preterite skymtade, supine skymtat, imperative skymta)
- to glimpse (see briefly or incompletely)
- En björn hade skymtats vid huset
- A bear had been seen near the house
- De skymtade en byggnad genom grenarna
- They glimpsed a building through the branches
- (sometimes with a particle, especially fram (“forth”) (when appearing into view)) to be barely (and indistinctly) visible
- Tornen skymtade i fjärran
- The towers could faintly be seen in the distance
- Kyrkan skymtade fram bakom träden
- They caught glimpses of the church through the trees
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of skymta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | skymta | skymtas | ||
| Supine | skymtat | skymtats | ||
| Imperative | skymta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | skymten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | skymtar | skymtade | skymtas | skymtades |
| Ind. plural1 | skymta | skymtade | skymtas | skymtades |
| Subjunctive2 | skymte | skymtade | skymtes | skymtades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | skymtande | |||
| Past participle | skymtad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||