Conjugation › Swedish › Känna
Swedish · Verb Tables · Intermediate
känna means "to to know" in Swedish. Present: känner. Below: all 10 tenses we teach, with examples.
Verb stem + -r (talar, ringer, köper, bor, skriver). One form for every person; also used for the near future with a time word ("imorgon åker jag").
| känner |
Finished events at a definite time: weak verbs add -ade, -de or -te; strong verbs change the stem vowel (skriva - skrev). Same form for every person.
| kände |
har + supine (talat, ringt, köpt, bott, skrivit). Used for past events with a link to now, or with no specific time. Swedish uses "har", never "är", as the auxiliary here.
| har känt |
hade + supine. An event that was already finished before another past moment.
| hade känt |
ska + infinitive. Plans, intentions, promises and decisions: something the speaker means to do.
| ska känna |
kommer att + infinitive. Predictions and things that will happen regardless of anyone's will (weather, schedules). "Det kommer att regna" = it will rain; "Jag ska gå" = I intend to go.
| kommer att känna |
kommer att ha (or ska ha) + supine. Something that will be finished by a point in the future. Fairly formal; in speech the present perfect or presens is often used with "till".
| kommer att ha känt |
skulle + infinitive. Polite requests, advice and unreal or unlikely situations ("om ..." + preteritum in the if-part).
| skulle känna |
skulle ha + supine, with "om ... hade + supine" in the if-part. Unreal past situations: what would have happened.
| skulle ha känt |
The bare stem (the infinitive minus -a for most verbs): skriv! köp! ring! tala! bo! Same form for one or many people. Negative: add "inte" ("skriv inte!"). Polite: "var snäll och ..." or "kan du ...".
| känn |
| Jag känner din bror. | I know your brother. |
| Vi har känt varandra länge. | We have known each other for a long time. |
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