hoppas
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German hōpen, from Old Saxon *hopon, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]hoppas (present hoppas, preterite hoppades, supine hoppats, imperative hoppas)
- (used with att, which can be omitted) to hope; to want something to happen
- Jag hoppas (att) du har trevligt.
- I hope (that) you have a good time.
- Man kan alltid hoppas...
- One can always hope...
- Vi hoppades (att) hon inte skulle bli arg.
- We were hoping (that) she wouldn't get angry.
- (used with på) to hope; to want a certain condition or outcome
- Jag hoppas på solsken till helgen.
- I am hoping for sunshine this weekend.
- Vad tror du det är i paketet? Jag hoppas på en modelljärnväg.
- What do you think is in the parcel? I hope there is a model railway.
- passive infinitive of hoppa
- present passive of hoppa
Usage notes
[edit]- The conjunction att in the phrase construction is often omitted in speech and colloquial writing.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of hoppas (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | — | hoppas | ||
| Supine | — | hoppats | ||
| Imperative | — | hoppas | ||
| Imper. plural1 | — | hoppens | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | — | — | hoppas | hoppades |
| Ind. plural1 | — | — | hoppas | hoppades |
| Subjunctive2 | — | — | hoppes | hoppades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | hoppandes | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
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- Swedish terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- Swedish lemmas
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- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish weak verbs
- Swedish deponent verbs