slumpa sig
Swedish
Verb
slumpa sig (present slumpar sig, preterite slumpade sig, supine slumpat sig, imperative slumpa sig)
- to happen by chance, to just so happen
- Det slumpade sig så att vi hamnade vid samma bord som Sean Connery
- We just happened to end up at the same table as Sean Connery
- Av en slump hamnade vi vid samma borde som Sean Connery
- By chance, we ended up at the same table as Sean Connery (for comparison)
- Konstigt att det slumpade sig så
- Weird how it happened that way (literally, "Strange that it happened by chance in that way")
Conjugation
Conjugation of slumpa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | slumpa sig | — | ||
| Supine | slumpat sig | — | ||
| Imperative | slumpa sig | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | slumpen sig | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | slumpar sig | slumpade sig | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | slumpa sig | slumpade sig | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | slumpe sig | slumpade sig | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
See also
- av en slump (“by chance”)
References
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