tjonga
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from tjong (“whack”) + -a. First attested in 1933.
Verb
[edit]tjonga (present tjongar, preterite tjongade, supine tjongat, imperative tjonga)
- (colloquial) whack (strike a ball hard but without precision)
Usage notes
[edit]Mostly in sports, typically with a preposition such as iväg or bort.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of tjonga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tjonga | tjongas | ||
| Supine | tjongat | tjongats | ||
| Imperative | tjonga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tjongen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tjongar | tjongade | tjongas | tjongades |
| Ind. plural1 | tjonga | tjongade | tjongas | tjongades |
| Subjunctive2 | tjonge | tjongade | tjonges | tjongades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tjongande | |||
| Past participle | tjongad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||