passa sig
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom passa meaning "to watch" and sig meaning "oneself".
Verb
editConjugation
editSee passa.
Swedish
editVerb
editpassa sig (present passar sig, preterite passade sig, supine passat sig, imperative passa sig)
- (reflexive) to watch out; to beware
- Jag ska passa mig för krokodiler
- I'll watch out for crocodiles
- Passa dig för millenniebuggen!
- Watch out for the Y2K bug!
- Passa dig noga, din jäkel!
- You better watch out, you bastard!
- (reflexive) to be appropriate, to be suitable (according to some norm)
- Jeans och t-shirt passar sig inte på Nobelmiddagen
- Jeans and a t-shirt are not suitable for the Nobel Banquet
Conjugation
editConjugation of passa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | passa sig | — | ||
| Supine | passat sig | — | ||
| Imperative | passa sig | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | passen sig | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | passar sig | passade sig | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | passa sig | passade sig | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | passe sig | passade sig | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||