Chapter 7 of 9
Last Weekend
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This chapter covers what happened before now and what has happened with a connection to now. You learn regular and irregular past forms, past time words, and har with supinum.
Nine short lessons build from var and hade to questions about the past and present perfect. A reading text, a dialogue and the chapter vocabulary follow.
Every lesson in this chapter is a written page. Read them in order, or open any lesson from the list.
Lessons
Yesterday and Last Week
Say when something happened with i går, i förrgår, i morse, i lördags, förra veckan and för två dagar sedan, and use var and hade, the first two past forms.
What We Did on Saturday
Make the past form of verbs that end in -ar in the present by adding de to the dictionary form, as in jobbade, städade and vilade, and use it with a time word that has passed.
Bought, Called and Read
Make the past form of many verbs that end in -er in the present, and choose -de or -te from the sound before it, as in ringde, köpte, glömde and besökte.
Four Kinds of Verbs
Learn every verb as dictionary, present and past form, sort verbs into four kinds by their past form, and see why går and ser do not work like bor.
Went, Came and Saw
Use the past forms of common irregular verbs such as gick, kom, såg, tog, åt and gjorde, and choose gick or åkte for a trip that has passed.
Could, Wanted and Was Going To
Say what you could, wanted to and were going to do with kunde, ville and skulle, and what was not allowed with fick inte, with a dictionary form after them.
What Did You Do
Ask and answer questions about the past, such as Vad gjorde du i helgen? and Varför kom du inte?, and put inte and aldrig in a past sentence.
Then and Now
Compare then and now with förut, då and nu, choose the present or the past from the time word, and read a short profile that moves from before to now.
What Has Happened
Use har with supinum to say what has happened, form questions and negatives, and compare all five common verb forms with regular and irregular examples.
Read and Review
Reading and Dialogue, Last Weekend
An original text about a family Sunday at a lake and a dialogue about a busy weekend and a missed party, with word help and an English version to open when you are ready.
Chapter Vocabulary, Last Weekend
Every new chapter word with its forms, plus a five-form verb reference and the supinum forms introduced with har.