likna
See also: líkna
Swedish
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Verb
[edit]likna (present liknar, preterite liknade, supine liknat, imperative likna)
- to resemble, to be similar to
- Djuret liknade en pinne
- The animal looked like a stick
- Processen liknar den gamla
- The process is similar to the old one
- to imply similarities; to liken
- Han liknade sin målning vid en storm
- He likened his painting to a storm
Usage notes
[edit](sense 2) uses the preposition vid where English would use to or unto.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of likna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | likna | liknas | ||
| Supine | liknat | liknats | ||
| Imperative | likna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | liknen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | liknar | liknade | liknas | liknades |
| Ind. plural1 | likna | liknade | liknas | liknades |
| Subjunctive2 | likne | liknade | liknes | liknades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | liknande | |||
| Past participle | liknad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||