What is the past tense of vilja in Swedish?

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

What is the supine of vilja?

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

Is vilja a regular verb?

vilja is a modal verb with irregular forms: vill, ville, velat.

vilja Conjugation: Swedish Verb “want”

Form	Swedish	English pattern
Infinitive	att vilja	to …
Present	vill	I …, he …s
Past (preteritum)	ville	I …ed
Supine (perfect)	har velat	have …ed
Past perfect	hade velat	had …ed
Future	ska vilja / kommer att vilja	will …

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

How vilja conjugates

Modal verbs (kunna, vilja, ska, böra, måste) go directly before another verb in the infinitive, without att: jag kan simma. They have no imperative and no passive. vilja: vill, ville, velat.

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

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Pattern ngn vill VERB/SATS

jag vill inte gå och lägga migI don't want to go to bed
vad vill du ha till middag?what do you want for dinner?
vill du skicka mig saltet?would you pass me the salt, please?
jag ville att han skulle stannaI wanted him to stay

Phrases with vilja

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

det vill sägathat is to say ("that means")
om det vill sig välif all goes well
det vill till (krafter för att lyfta stenen)it will take (strength to lift the stone) ("(strength etc.) is needed to")

vilja in real stories

Sentences from the Smisli reading library where this verb appears:

Jag vill ha tillbaka dem.Ny i Stockholm, episode 4
Jag vill se platsen igen.Ett oväntat arv, episode 4
Han vill ha något från mig.Mysteriet i Skärgården, episode 2

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