ta i

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tai"

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ta i

  1. make an effort
  2. gather all one's (physical) strengths
  3. exaggerate; overdo a story; to make it (almost) too fantastic

Swedish

Han tar i

Verb

ta i (present tar i, preterite tog i, supine tagit i, imperative ta i)

  2. to put in (almost) all of one's strength, to significantly physically exert oneself
    Kom igen! Du kan lyfta stenen! Ta i!
    Come on! You can lift the rock! Give it all you got!
    Han tog i allt vad han kunde, men fick inte upp locket
    He tried twisting it as hard as he could , but couldn't get the lid open
    ta i på upploppet
    sprint on the home stretch
  3. (figuratively) to do something to a high (sometimes excessive) degree, (often) to push it, to stretch it, to overdo
    Tre tårtor på fem ungar var kanske att ta i
    Three cakes for five kids might have been pushing it a bit
    1. to overdo a story or claim or the like (make it too fantastic or the like), to exaggerate
      Det äckligaste du ätit? Nu tar du väl ändå i?
      The most disgusting thing you've eaten? Don't you think you're exaggerating / stretching it a bit?
      Kritikerna anklagar mig för att vara landsförrädare. De tar verkligen i så de spricker.
      The critics accuse me of being a traitor to my country. They're really laying it on thick.
  4. to pick up (increase in strength, especially of wind)
    Synonym: tillta
    Vinden tog i
    The wind picked up
  5. (with the stress on ta) to touch
    Synonym: ta på
    ta i trä
    touch wood

Conjugation

Conjugation of ta (class 6 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive ta i tas i
Supine tagit i tagits i
Imperative ta i —
Imper. plural1 tan i —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative tar i tog i tas i togs i
Ind. plural1 ta i togo i tas i togos i
Subjunctive2 ta i toge i tas i toges i
Participles
Present participle —
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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