What is the past tense of ha in Swedish?

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

What is the supine of ha?

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

Is ha a regular verb?

No. ha is a strong or irregular verb (group 4): har, hade, haft.

ha Conjugation: Swedish Verb “have”

Form	Swedish	English pattern
Infinitive	att ha	to …
Present	har	I …, he …s
Past (preteritum)	hade	I …ed
Supine (perfect)	har haft	have …ed
Past perfect	hade haft	had …ed
Future	ska ha / kommer att ha	will …
Imperative	ha!	… !

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

How ha 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. ha is one of them: har, hade, haft. 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

1 have

Pattern ngn har VERB

hon har gjort detshe's done it
jag hade sett henneI had seen her
hon har bott här i fem år
han hade aldrig varit i USA tidigare

2 have, possess; be provided with

äger; är försedd med

Pattern ngn/ngt har ngn/ngt

ha blå ögonhave blue eyes
hon har inte tidshe hasn't got time
vill du ha en apelsin?would you like an orange?
jag har rättI'm right

Phrases with ha

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

ha att göra medhave to do with ("be in contact with, refer to, concern")
ha rådafford ("be able to pay")
jag har svårt att kommaI'd find it difficult to come ("it's not likely I'll be able to come")

ha in real stories

Sentences from the Smisli reading library where this verb appears:

Snön har täckt över dem.Norrsken, episode 2
Vi har pratat på telefon.Ny i Stockholm, episode 1
Jag vill ha tillbaka dem.Ny i Stockholm, episode 4

ha conjugation