minnas

minnas (present tense minnes, past tense mintes, supine mins)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of minnast
2. (non-standard since 2012) passive infinitive of minna

• ismann, mi sann

Reflexive or passive form of minna, from Old Norse minna (“to remind”).

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minnas (present minns, preterite mindes, supine mints, imperative minns)

1. (deponent) to remember, to recall (recollect)

   Synonyms: komma ihåg, erinra sig

   Minns du mig?

   Do you remember me?

   Jag minns inte vad som hände

   I don't remember what happened

   • 1970, “Kalle Teodor”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music)‎^[1]:

     Minns du en sjöman för länge, länge sen? Minns du? Hans namn var Kalle Teodor. Aldrig så ser du den sjömannen igen. Han vilar i havet, Kalle Teodor. Men en stormnatt kan du höra nån som ropar: Hej hå! Ifrån havets djup det kommer, och det låter så: Hej hå! Hej hå!

     Do you remember a sailor a long, long time ago [or "from long, long ago" or "a sailor long, long ago" or the like, but this is the literal meaning]? Do you remember? His name was Kalle Teodor. Never you will see that sailor again. He rests in the sea, Kalle Teodor. But on a stormy night you can hear someone calling: Hey ho! From the ocean depths ["the sea's depth(s)" – intuitively "depth," though the plural is identical – singular is idiomatic in "dras ner i djupet" (be pulled into the depths [depth]), for example] it comes, and it sounds like that: Hey ho! Hey ho! [Or "and it sounds like so," but that is an idiomatic way of saying "and it sounds like that," whereas "and it sounds like this" would normally be put as "och det låter så här." The official lyrics have a colon.]

   • 1991, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist, Eva Lindblad, “Sommaren i city [[The] summer in the city]”‎^[2]performed by Angel:

     Sommaren i city 1990 – kommer du ihåg mig? Minns du vad som hände? Minns du vad du sa när du träffade mig? Kommer du ihåg mig – 1990, sommaren i city? Minns du var vi var? Och minns du vad vi sa?

     [The] summer in the city ["Sommar i city" would literally be "summer in the city," but "the summer in the city" sounds a bit unidiomatic], 1990 ["in 1990" – Swedish skips the "in"] – do you remember me? Do you remember what happened? Do you remember what you said when you met me? Do you remember me – 1990, [the] summer in the city? Do you remember where we were? And do you remember what we said?

See the usage notes for komma ihåg.

• minne
• påminna
• missminna sig

• glömma

• minnas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• minnas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• minnas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• minans