The imperative form (or imperativ in Swedish) is that form where you really just want to make some demands.\u00a0 Like \u201cStop!\u201d or \u201cLook!\u201d or even \u201cListen!\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a good form to know, and it comes in handy in a few different verb tenses.\u00a0 Like the perfect tense.\u00a0 But first, we need to learn the imperative form.<\/p>\n
There are a couple of basic rules that help make this relatively simple.\u00a0 If we know the present tense of a verb we can easily apply these rules and create the imperative.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s start with some \u2013ar verbs. Like \u201cslutar,\u201d \u201ckramar,\u201d and \u201cstannar.\u201d\u00a0 You\u2019ll notice that all three end with that \u2013ar in the present tense. \u00a0If that is the case, to turn it into the imperative, all we need to do is drop the \u2013r.\u00a0 It\u2019s that easy.<\/p>\n
So:
\nSlutar ————–> Sluta
\nKramar ————–> Krama
\nStannar ————–> Stanna<\/p>\n
Now let\u2019s look at the present tense verbs that end in \u2013er.\u00a0 We\u2019ll use \u201cskriker,\u201d \u201ck\u00e4nner,\u201d and \u201cringer.\u201d\u00a0 In this case, we drop the \u2013er completely.<\/p>\n
So:
\nSkriker ————–> Skrik
\nK\u00e4nner ————–> K\u00e4nn
\nRinger ————–> Ring<\/p>\n
And no language would be complete without a few exceptions.\u00a0 And Swedish has them.\u00a0 And you just need to learn them I\u2019m afraid.\u00a0 But to get you started, here are a few:<\/p>\n
G\u00f6r ————–> G\u00f6r
\n\u00c4r ————–> Var
\nSer ————–> Se
\nBlir ————–> Bli<\/p>\n
Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The imperative form (or imperativ in Swedish) is that form where you really just want to make some demands.\u00a0 Like \u201cStop!\u201d or \u201cLook!\u201d or even \u201cListen!\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a good form to know, and it comes in handy in a few different verb tenses.\u00a0 Like the perfect tense.\u00a0 But first, we need to learn the imperative…<\/p>\n