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Swedish
Verb
säga åt (present säger åt, preterite sade or (informal) sa åt, supine sagt åt, imperative säg åt)
- to tell (instruct or inform)
Säg åt henne att sluta upp med det där!- Tell her to stop doing that!
Vi sa åt henne att skärpa sig- We told her to straighten up
Jag sa åt honom att skynda sig- I told him to hurry up
Jag ska gå och säga åt dom att deras plan är totalt orealistisk- I'm going to go and tell them their plan is completely unrealistic
- to tell off, to reprimand
Usage notes
- Particle verb. Stress on åt.
- Has a tone of disapproval in contemporary Swedish, hence usually of irritatedly telling someone (not) to do something, telling off, and the like.
- (sense 2) can be thought of (sense 1) with the thing being said (the telling off) implied.
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