beklaga
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Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]beklaga
- inflection of beklage:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish beklagha, from Middle Low German beklagen. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål beklage, Norwegian Nynorsk beklage, beklaga, Danish beklage, German beklagen, Dutch beklagen. Equivalent to be- + klaga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beklaga (present beklagar, preterite beklagade, supine beklagat, imperative beklaga)
- to regret, to be sorry
- Jag beklagar att jag är försenad.
- I'm sorry (that) I'm late.
- (reflexive) to complain
- De beklagade sig över den låga lönen
- They complained about the low pay
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of beklaga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | beklaga | beklagas | ||
| Supine | beklagat | beklagats | ||
| Imperative | beklaga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | beklagen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | beklagar | beklagade | beklagas | beklagades |
| Ind. plural1 | beklaga | beklagade | beklagas | beklagades |
| Subjunctive2 | beklage | beklagade | beklages | beklagades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | beklagande | |||
| Past participle | beklagad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- beklaga in Svensk ordbok.
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- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms prefixed with be-
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- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
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- Swedish reflexive verbs
- Swedish weak verbs