kämpa
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See also: kampa
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Danish kæmpe and Norwegian kjempe
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
kämpa (present kämpar, preterite kämpade, supine kämpat, imperative kämpa)
- to fight
- Riddaren kämpade mot draken
- The knight fought the dragon
- att kämpa för rättvisa villkor
- to fight for fair conditions
- Han kämpade mot cancern
- He battled (idiomatically) his cancer (strida (“battle”) sounds overly militaristic in Swedish here)
- Kämpa!
- Fight! / Give it all you got!
- to struggle
- Han kämpade med ekonomin
- He struggled with his economy
Usage notes[edit]
Like kamp, kämpa can be thought of as having the basic meaning struggle, except often unidiomatic as a translation. As an example, "Kämpa!" (Fight! / Give it all you got!) can be more literally translated as "Struggle!", as in "Put in (maximum) effort!"
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of kämpa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kämpa | kämpas | ||
| Supine | kämpat | kämpats | ||
| Imperative | kämpa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | kämpen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kämpar | kämpade | kämpas | kämpades |
| Ind. plural1 | kämpa | kämpade | kämpas | kämpades |
| Subjunctive2 | kämpe | kämpade | kämpes | kämpades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kämpande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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See also[edit]
- sträva (“strive”)