ta upp
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “take up”. Similar to Norwegian Nynorsk ta opp.
Verb
[edit]ta upp (present tar upp, preterite tog upp, supine tagit upp, imperative ta upp)
- to pick up
- Synonym: plocka upp
- Han tog upp en penna
- He picked up a pencil
- to bring up (a topic)
- Vi tog upp det på mötet
- We discussed it during the meeting
- to take up (time or space)
- Mötet kommer ta upp hela dagen
- The meeting will take up the whole day
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ta (class 6 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | ta upp | tas upp | ||
| Supine | tagit upp | tagits upp | ||
| Imperative | ta upp | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tan upp | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tar upp | tog upp | tas upp | togs upp |
| Ind. plural1 | ta upp | togo upp | tas upp | togos upp |
| Subjunctive2 | ta upp | toge upp | tas upp | toges upp |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||