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Swedish verb · Group 4 (strong / irregular)

skjuta conjugation

att skjuta means “shoot, fire”. Present skjuter, past sköt, supine skjutit.

FormSwedishEnglish pattern
Infinitiveatt skjutato …
PresentskjuterI …, he …s
Past (preteritum)skötI …ed
Supine (perfect)har skjutithave …ed
Past perfecthade skjutithad …ed
Futureska skjuta / kommer att skjutawill …
Imperativeskjut!… !
Past participleskjuten…ed (adjective)
Present participleskjutande…ing

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

How skjuta 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. skjuta is one of them: skjuter, sköt, skjutit. Learn these forms together.

Passive (s-form)

Swedish makes the passive by adding -s: the doer drops out and the thing acted on becomes the subject. Spoken Swedish often prefers bli + past participle (blev skjuten).

FormSwedish
Infinitiveatt skjutas
Presentskjuts
Pastsköts
Supinehar skjutits

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 shoot, fire

avlossar skott (ibland så att någon dör)

Pattern ngn skjuter (ngn/ngt) · ngn skjuter (mot/på ngn/ngt)

  • skjuta med pistolfire a pistol
  • skjuta ihjälshoot to death
  • skjuta målshoot into the goal
  • Presidenten har blivit skjuten!

2 push, move, shove

förflyttar (utan att lyfta)

Pattern ngn skjuter (på/över) ngt

  • han sköt över pengarna till kassörskanhe shoved the money over to the lady at the cash desk
  • skjuta pianot en metermove the piano a metre

3 postpone, put off

senarelägger, uppskjuter

Pattern ngn skjuter på ngt

  • vi får skjuta på sammanträdetwe'll have to postpone the meeting
  • Vi får skjuta på sammanträdet!

4 to shoot ((a projectile with) a weapon), (often, idiomatically – see the usage notes below) to fire ((a projectile with) a weapon); to skyrocket, to shoot up; to eject; to jettison (from something, with force); to project (in a more or less dramatic(-sounding) fashion – like "shoot (out, etc.)," but for something static); to jut, to protrude, etc.; to scan (a barcode or similar); to shoot up, to shoot (inject oneself with a syringe (with a recreational drug, especially heroin))

rör sig snabbt

Pattern ngt skjuter fart · ngt skjuter (RIKTNING)

  • båten sköt fart
  • blommorna sköt upp ur jorden

Phrases with skjuta

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

  • skjuta problemen framför sigput the problems off ("postpone the problems until a later date")

skjuta in real stories

Sentences from the Smisli reading library where this verb appears:

Questions

What is the past tense of skjuta in Swedish?

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

What is the supine of skjuta?

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

Is skjuta a regular verb?

No. skjuta is a strong or irregular verb (group 4): skjuter, sköt, skjutit.

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