ponera
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Interlingua[edit]
Verb[edit]
ponera
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ponere (“to put, to lay”).
Verb[edit]
ponera (present ponerar, preterite ponerade, supine ponerat, imperative ponera)
- to suppose, to say (for the sake of argument or the like)
- Ponera att han visar sig vara skyldig. Vad gör vi då?
- Suppose he turns out to be guilty. What do we do then?
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of ponera (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | ponera | poneras | ||
| Supine | ponerat | ponerats | ||
| Imperative | ponera | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | poneren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | ponerar | ponerade | poneras | ponerades |
| Ind. plural1 | ponera | ponerade | poneras | ponerades |
| Subjunctive2 | ponere | ponerade | poneres | ponerades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | ponerande | |||
| Past participle | ponerad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- ponera in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- ponera in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)