Verb – Preteritum i korta berättelser
Fyll i rätt preteritumform av verbet inom parentes.
- In Swedish, the preterite (preteritum) is used to talk about completed actions in the past.
- Regular verbs in group 1 add -ade (e.g. titta → tittade), group 2 add -de or -te (e.g. stänga → stängde, köpa → köpte).
- Strong (irregular) verbs change their stem vowel (e.g. se → såg, gå → gick, komma → kom).
- Time adverbs like igår, förra veckan, and i morse are strong clues that the preterite is needed.
- Pay attention to the infinitive hint in parentheses to choose the right form.