mörkna
Swedish
Etymology
mörk + -na
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²mœ̞rːkna/
- (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): /²mɵrːkna/
Verb
mörkna (present mörknar, preterite mörknade, supine mörknat, imperative mörkna)
- to darken; to become dark
- Vi borde nog försöka göra upp en eld innan det börjar mörkna.
- We should probably start to make a fire before it starts to darken.
- Vi borde nog försöka göra upp en eld innan det börjar mörkna.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mörkna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mörkna | — | ||
| Supine | mörknat | — | ||
| Imperative | mörkna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | mörknen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | mörknar | mörknade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | mörkna | mörknade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | mörkne | mörknade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | mörknande | |||
| Past participle | mörknad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- Tomas Riad (2013), “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal], issue 3
Further reading
- mörkna in Svensk ordbok.