ligga
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
ligga (present tense ligg, past tense låg, past participle lege, passive infinitive liggast, present participle liggande, imperative ligg)
- Alternative form of liggja
Noun[edit]
ligga n
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish liggia, from Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Verb[edit]
ligga (present ligger, preterite låg, supine legat, imperative ligg)
- to lie; be in a horizontal position
- to lie; to be placed or situated
- Boken ligger på bordet ― The book is lying on the table
- Han ligger etta / Han ligger på första plats ― He's in first place
- to be enrolled (at a university)
- Han låg i Umeå ― He studied (at the university) in Umeå
- (colloquial, with med (“with”)) to have sex
- Jag har legat med honom
- I have had sex with him
- Har ni legat?
- Have you had sex?
- Fick du ligga?
- Did you score?
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of ligga (class 5 strong)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | ligga | liggas | ||
Supine | legat | legats | ||
Imperative | ligg | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | liggen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | ligger | låg | liggs, ligges | lågs |
Ind. plural1 | ligga | lågo | liggas | lågos |
Subjunctive2 | ligge | låge | ligges | låges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | liggande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
See also[edit]
- lagt kort ligger
- ligga bakom (“be behind”)
- ligga med
- ligga i lä
- ligga över
- lägga
Further reading[edit]
- ligga in Svensk ordbok.
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