passa sig
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Etymology
Literally, “to watch oneself”.
Verb
Conjugation
See passa.
Verb
passa sig (present passar sig, preterite passade sig, supine passat sig, imperative passa sig)
- (reflexive) to watch out; to beware
- Jag ska passa mig för krokodiler
- I'll watch out for crocodiles
- Passa dig för millenniebuggen!
- Watch out for the Y2K bug!
- Passa dig noga, din jäkel!
- You better watch out, you bastard!
- (reflexive) to be appropriate, to be suitable (according to some norm)
- Jeans och t-shirt passar sig inte på Nobelmiddagen
- Jeans and a t-shirt are not suitable for the Nobel Banquet
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | passa sig | — | ||
| Supine | passat sig | — | ||
| Imperative | passa sig | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | passen sig | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | passar sig | passade sig | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | passa sig | passade sig | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | passe sig | passade sig | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of passa (weak)
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