What is the past tense of samla in Swedish?

The past tense (preteritum) of samla is samlade, the same for every person: jag samlade, du samlade, vi samlade. Example from our stories: “Bakom oss hörde vi hur varelserna samlade sig igen.”

What is the supine of samla?

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

Is samla a regular verb?

Yes. samla follows group 1 (-ar, -ade): samlar, samlade, samlat.

samla Conjugation: Swedish Verb “collect”

Form	Swedish	English pattern
Infinitive	att samla	to …
Present	samlar	I …, he …s
Past (preteritum)	samlade	I …ed
Supine (perfect)	har samlat	have …ed
Past perfect	hade samlat	had …ed
Future	ska samla / kommer att samla	will …
Imperative	samla!	… !
Past participle	samlad	…ed (adjective)
Present participle	samlande	…ing

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

How samla conjugates

Group 1 is the largest and most regular group. The infinitive ends in -a, the present adds -r, the past adds -de and the supine adds -t: tala → talar, talade, talat. New verbs that enter Swedish (googla, chatta) almost always join this group. So samla → samlar, samlade, samlat.

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 samla

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

samla sigcompose yourself

samla in real stories

Sentences from the Smisli reading library where this verb appears:

Sedan tvättade jag ansiktet och försökte samla mig.Ny i Stockholm, episode 3
Bakom oss hörde vi hur varelserna samlade sig igen.Norrsken, episode 5

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