tjuvskjuta
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From tjuv (“thief”) + skjuta (“to shoot”).
Verb edit
tjuvskjuta (present tjuvskjuter, preterite tjuvsköt, supine tjuvskjutit, imperative tjuvskjut)
- to poach (hunt illegally)
- Han tjuvsköt renar ― He poached reindeer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tjuvskjuta (class 2 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tjuvskjuta | tjuvskjutas | ||
| Supine | tjuvskjutit | tjuvskjutits | ||
| Imperative | tjuvskjut | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tjuvskjuten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tjuvskjuter | tjuvsköt | tjuvskjuts, tjuvskjutes | tjuvsköts |
| Ind. plural1 | tjuvskjuta | tjuvsköto | tjuvskjutas | tjuvskötos |
| Subjunctive2 | tjuvskjute | tjuvsköte | tjuvskjutes | tjuvskötes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tjuvskjutande | |||
| Past participle | tjuvskjuten | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
- tjuvskytte (“poaching”)