ta i

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tai"

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ta i

1. make an effort
2. gather all one's (physical) strengths
3. exaggerate; overdo a story; to make it (almost) too fantastic

Swedish

Verb

ta i (present tar i, preterite tog i, supine tagit i, imperative ta i)

2. to significantly (physically) exert oneself, to gather (almost) all of one's strength

   Kom igen! Du kan lyfta stenen! Ta i!

   Come on! You can lift the rock! Give it all you got!

   Han tog i allt vad han kunde, men han fick inte upp locket

   He tried twisting it as hard as he could ("exerted all the strength he could muster"), but he couldn't get the lid open

3. (figuratively) to do something to a (too) significant degree, (often) to push it, to stretch it, to overdo

   Tre tårtor på fem ungar var kanske att ta i

   Three cakes for five kids might've been pushing it a bit ("might've been (over)exerting")

   1. (figuratively) to overdo a story or the like (make it (almost) too fantastic)

      Det äckligaste du ätit? Nu tar du väl ändå i?

      The most disgusting thing you've eaten? Don't you think you're stretching it a bit?

4. (with the stress on ta) to touch

   Synonym: ta på

Conjugation

Conjugation of ta (class 6 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ta i		tas i
Supine	tagit i		tagits i
Imperative	ta i		—
Imper. plural1	tan i		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tar i	tog i	tas i	togs i
Ind. plural1	ta i	togo i	tas i	togos i
Subjunctive2	ta i	toge i	tas i	toges i
	Participles
Present participle	—
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• ta i för kung och fosterland
• ta i med hårdhandskarna

References

• ta i in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• tia