sammanlikna
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]samman (“together”) + likna (“liken”)
Verb
[edit]sammanlikna (present sammanliknar, preterite sammanliknade, supine sammanliknat, imperative sammanlikna)
- to compare and equate (aspects of two or more things)
- De två situationerna bör ej sammanliknas. De är väldigt annorlunda.
- They two situations should not be compared. They are very different.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of sammanlikna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sammanlikna | sammanliknas | ||
| Supine | sammanliknat | sammanliknats | ||
| Imperative | sammanlikna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | sammanliknen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | sammanliknar | sammanliknade | sammanliknas | sammanliknades |
| Ind. plural1 | sammanlikna | sammanliknade | sammanliknas | sammanliknades |
| Subjunctive2 | sammanlikne | sammanliknade | sammanliknes | sammanliknades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | sammanliknande | |||
| Past participle | sammanliknad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||