käfta emot
Swedish
Etymology
From käfta + emot (“against”).
Verb
käfta emot (present käftar emot, preterite käftade emot, supine käftat emot, imperative käfta emot)
- (colloquial) to talk back
- Käfta inte emot ― Don't talk back to me
Conjugation
Conjugation of käfta emot (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | käfta emot | käftas emot | ||
| Supine | käftat emot | käftats emot | ||
| Imperative | käfta emot | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | käften emot | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | käftar emot | käftade emot | käftas emot | käftades emot |
| Ind. plural1 | käfta emot | käftade emot | käftas emot | käftades emot |
| Subjunctive2 | käfte emot | käftade emot | käftes emot | käftades emot |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
- käft (“jaw, mouth”)