What is the past tense of fara in Swedish?

The past tense (preteritum) of fara is for, the same for every person: jag for, du for, vi for.

What is the supine of fara?

farit. The supine is used with har and hade to form the perfect: jag har farit, jag hade farit.

Is fara a regular verb?

No. fara is a strong or irregular verb (group 4): far, for, farit.

fara Conjugation: Swedish Verb “go”

Form	Swedish	English pattern
Infinitive	att fara	to …
Present	far	I …, he …s
Past (preteritum)	for	I …ed
Supine (perfect)	har farit	have …ed
Past perfect	hade farit	had …ed
Future	ska fara / kommer att fara	will …
Imperative	far!	… !
Present participle	farande	…ing

Swedish verbs do not change for person: jag far, du far, hon far, vi far, de far. Learn one form per tense and you can use it with everyone.

How fara conjugates

Group 4 holds the strong and irregular verbs. They change their vowel in the past and supine (skriva → skrev, skrivit) or are fully irregular (vara → är, var, varit). They are few, but they are the most frequent verbs in the language, so they are worth learning one by one. fara is one of them: far, for, farit. Learn these forms together.

Meanings and examples

Patterns: ngn = någon (someone) · ngt = något (something) · SATS = a clause · VERB = a verb · PLATS = a place · RIKTNING = a direction · TID = a time · SÄTT = a manner · ADJ = an adjective

Phrases with fara

Swedish builds many meanings by adding a particle (upp, ut, på, om) or a fixed phrase. These are the ones the dictionary lists:

fara illabe badly treated, fare badly
vad är det du far efter?what are you thinking about?

fara in real stories

Sentences from the Smisli reading library where this verb appears:

Om Herr Bergmans män vet vem hon är, är hon i fara.Flykten från ishotellet, episode 1

fara conjugation