beklaga

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

beklaga

  1. inflection of beklage:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish beklagha, from Middle Low German beklagen. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål beklage, Norwegian Nynorsk beklage, beklaga, Danish beklage, German beklagen, Dutch beklagen. Equivalent to be- +‎ klaga.

Pronunciation

Verb

beklaga (present beklagar, preterite beklagade, supine beklagat, imperative beklaga)

  1. to regret, to be sorry
    Jag beklagar att jag är försenad.
    I'm sorry (that) I'm late.
  2. (reflexive) to complain
    De beklagade sig över den låga lönen
    They complained about the low pay

Conjugation

Conjugation of beklaga (weak)
active passive
infinitive beklaga beklagas
supine beklagat beklagats
imperative beklaga —
imper. plural1 beklagen —
present past present past
indicative beklagar beklagade beklagas beklagades
ind. plural1 beklaga beklagade beklagas beklagades
subjunctive2 beklage beklagade beklages beklagades
present participle beklagande
past participle beklagad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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