säga åt

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Swedish

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Verb

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säga åt (present säger åt, preterite sade or (informal) sa åt, supine sagt åt, imperative säg åt)

  1. to tell (instruct or inform)
    Säg åt henne att sluta upp med det där!
    Tell her to stop doing that!
    Vi sa åt henne att skärpa sig
    We told her to straighten up
    Jag sa åt honom att skynda sig
    I told him to hurry up
    Jag ska gå och säga åt dom att deras plan är totalt orealistisk
    I'm going to go and tell them their plan is completely unrealistic
  2. to tell off, to reprimand
    Jag sa åt dom på skarpen
    I told them off sharply

Usage notes

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  • Particle verb. Stress on åt.
  • Has a tone of disapproval in contemporary Swedish, hence usually of irritatedly telling someone (not) to do something, telling off, and the like.
  • (sense 2) can be thought of (sense 1) with the thing being said (the telling off) implied.

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