somna om
Swedish
editEtymology
editsomna (“fall asleep”) + om (“re-, again”)
Verb
editsomna om (present somnar om, preterite somnade om, supine somnat om, imperative somna om)
- to fall asleep again, after having woken up; to go back to sleep
- Jag lyckades somna om efter att jag avstyrt lönnmördaren, men blev väckt av ännu en lönnmördare
- I managed to go back to sleep after averting the assassin, but was awakened by yet another assassin
Usage notes
editThe present and past participles omsomnande (going back to sleep) and omsomnad (gone back to sleep) are perfectly understandable, though quirky-sounding, like in English.
Conjugation
editConjugation of somna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | somna om | somnas om | ||
| Supine | somnat om | somnats om | ||
| Imperative | somna om | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | somnen om | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | somnar om | somnade om | somnas om | somnades om |
| Ind. plural1 | somna om | somnade om | somnas om | somnades om |
| Subjunctive2 | somne om | somnade om | somnes om | somnades om |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | omsomnande | |||
| Past participle | omsomnad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||