/²skuːla/
OriginFrom Old Swedish skula, from Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.
- shall, will, be going to expresses intended future; used for plans, promises and decisions with infinitive.
“Prövningar vi möta få,
och vi ofta ej förstå Herrens vägar
när Han önskar att vi himlen skola nå.” — Trials we face,
and we often don't understand the Lord's ways
when He wishes that we shall reach heaven.
“Jag ska äta.” — I'm going to eat.
“att skola äta” — to have the intention to / be going to eat
- would expresses the conditional.
“Om jag hade en pizza så skulle jag äta den.” — If I had a pizza, I would eat it.
- should used to give advice, instruction, or an opinion.
“Jag skulle inte ha ätit två pizzor.” — I shouldn't have eaten two pizzas.
- was/were going to expresses the "anterior future" or "future in the past".
“Jag skulle just äta pizzan när svanen attackerade.” — I was just going to eat the pizza when the swan attacked.
- could, would used to make a phrase more polite.
“Skulle du kunna skjutsa mig till stan?” — Could you give me a ride to town?
“Jag skulle vilja ha en kaka.” — I would like a cookie.
- to school, teach
- common-gender, countable, uncountableschool (education or instruction institution)
“Han går i skolan” — He goes to school [He goes in the school]
“Barnen är i skolan” — The children are at school [The children are in the school]
“Jag är i skolan just nu” — I'm at school right now [I am in the school right now]
- common-gendera school (school of thought)
“Frankfurtskolan” — the Frankfurt school
Formsska(present) · skall(formal, present) · skulle(preterite) · skolat(supine) · skola(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · skolat(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · -(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · -(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · ska(active, indicative, present) · skall(active, indicative, present) · skulle(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · skola(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · skulle(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)