ta tillvara
Swedish
Alternative forms
- ta till vara
Verb
ta tillvara (present tar tillvara, preterite tog tillvara, supine tagit tillvara, imperative ta tillvara)
- to make use of and not waste
- Synonym: tillvarata
- De tar tillvara på alla delar av djuret
- They make use of all parts of the animal
- Ta tillvara på tillfället!
- Seize the opportunity!
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ta tillvara | tas tillvara | ||
| supine | tagit tillvara | tagits tillvara | ||
| imperative | ta tillvara | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tan tillvara | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tar tillvara | tog tillvara | tas tillvara | togs tillvara |
| ind. plural1 | ta tillvara | togo tillvara | tas tillvara | togos tillvara |
| subjunctive2 | ta tillvara | toge tillvara | tas tillvara | toges tillvara |
| present participle | — | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | taga tillvara | tagas tillvara | ||
| supine | tagit tillvara | tagits tillvara | ||
| imperative | tag tillvara | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tagen tillvara | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tager tillvara | tog tillvara | tages tillvara | togs tillvara |
| ind. plural1 | taga tillvara | togo tillvara | tagas tillvara | togos tillvara |
| subjunctive2 | tage tillvara | toge tillvara | tages tillvara | toges tillvara |
| present participle | — | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.