ta i

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tai"

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ta i

1. make an effort
2. gather all one's (physical) strengths
3. exaggerate; overdo a story; to make it (almost) too fantastic

Swedish

Han tar i

Verb

ta i (present tar i, preterite tog i, supine tagit i, imperative ta i)

2. to put in (almost) all of one's strength, to significantly physically exert oneself

   Kom igen! Du kan lyfta stenen! Ta i!

   Come on! You can lift the rock! Give it all you got!

   Han tog i allt vad han kunde, men fick inte upp locket

   He tried twisting it as hard as he could ["exerted all that he could" – put in all the strength he could muster], but couldn't get the lid open

   ta i på upploppet

   sprint [implied] on the home stretch

3. (figuratively) to do something to a high (sometimes excessive) degree, (often) to push it, to stretch it, to overdo

   Tre tårtor på fem ungar var kanske att ta i

   Three cakes for five kids might have been pushing it a bit [might have been (over)exerting]

   1. to overdo a story or claim or the like (make it too fantastic or the like), to exaggerate

      Det äckligaste du ätit? Nu tar du väl ändå i?

      The most disgusting thing you've eaten? Don't you think you're exaggerating / stretching it a bit? [Now you are (over)exerting, aren't you?]

      Kritikerna anklagar mig för att vara landsförrädare. De tar verkligen i så de spricker.

      The critics accuse me of being a traitor to my country. They're really laying it on thick. ["They (really) exert themselves so that they burst" – idiomatic, often with a somewhat mocking tone.]

4. to pick up (increase in strength, especially of wind)

   Synonym: tillta

   Vinden tog i

   The wind picked up

5. (with the stress on ta) to touch

   Synonym: ta på

   ta i trä

   touch wood

Conjugation

Conjugation of ta (class 6 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ta i		tas i
Supine	tagit i		tagits i
Imperative	ta i		—
Imper. plural1	tan i		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tar i	tog i	tas i	togs i
Ind. plural1	ta i	togo i	tas i	togos i
Subjunctive2	ta i	toge i	tas i	toges i
	Participles
Present participle	—
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• ta i för kung och fosterland
• ta i med hårdhandskarna

References

• ta i in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• taga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tia