säga
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "saga"
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *säkä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäkä. Cognate with Northern Mansi [script needed] (siɣ, “burbot”).
Noun
[edit]säga (genitive säga, partitive säga)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of säga (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | säga | sägad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | säga | ||
| genitive | sägade | ||
| partitive | säga | sägasid | |
| illative | säkka sägasse |
sägadesse | |
| inessive | sägas | sägades | |
| elative | sägast | sägadest | |
| allative | sägale | sägadele | |
| adessive | sägal | sägadel | |
| ablative | sägalt | sägadelt | |
| translative | sägaks | sägadeks | |
| terminative | sägani | sägadeni | |
| essive | sägana | sägadena | |
| abessive | sägata | sägadeta | |
| comitative | sägaga | sägadega | |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “säga”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- saͤga (obsolete typography)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish sæghia, sighia, from Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål si, Norwegian Nynorsk seie, Danish sige, German sagen and English say.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]säga (present säger, preterite sade or (informal) sa, supine sagt, imperative säg)
- to say
- Jag sa hej till honom
- I said hi to him
- Det är svårt att säga exakt vilket djur det är
- It is hard to say exactly what animal it is
- to tell
- Säg mig vad du heter
- Tell me your name
- Säg inte att det är sant!
- Don't tell me / say it's true!
- (passive voice) to be said
- Det sägs att det spökar på slottet
- The castle is said to be haunted ("It is said that it is haunted in the castle")
Usage notes
[edit]Säga vs. berätta is similar to say vs tell.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | säga | sägas | ||
| supine | sagt | sagts | ||
| imperative | säg | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sägen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | säger | sade, sa | sägs, säges | sades, sas |
| ind. plural1 | säga | sade, sa | sägas | sades, sas |
| subjunctive2 | säge | sade, sa | säges | sades, sas |
| present participle | sägande | |||
| past participle | sagd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
The past tense forms sa and sas are somewhat informal.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “säga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “säga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “säga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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