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Past tense
This lesson is going to be about the past and things that happened in that time. We are going to learn how to refer to action that happened previously, we are going to talk about the past tense. Sit back, relax and enjoy the lesson!
We have a decent knowledge of Swedish vocabulary and we already know how to express what is happening right now. But how to say what happened yesterday without the knowledge of the past tense? Mission impossible! Let’s start with the essential facts about the past tense in Swedish:
1. The Swedish language does not distinguish between the simple and continuous tenses. Got it? … There is no difference between I was sleeping and I slept in Swedish.
2. There are basicly four different groups of verbs: -AR, -R, -ER and the less pleasant group THE IRREGULAR VERBS.
3. Last but not least, the beloved rule: verbs do not conjugate according to numbers or person or gender in Swedish and that is why we love it.
Let’s get the ball rolling and take a look at the -AR group:
-AR VERBS
HOPPAR — HOPPADE
