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skola.

shall, will, be going to expresses intended future; used for plans, promises and decisions [with infinitive].

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb/²skuːla/

  1. shall, will, be going to expresses intended future; used for plans, promises and decisions [with infinitive].

    Jag ska äta.
    att skola äta

  2. [with infinitive] would expresses the conditional.

    Om jag hade en pizza så skulle jag äta den.

  3. [with infinitive] should used to give advice, instruction, or an opinion.

    Jag skulle inte ha ätit två pizzor.

  4. [with infinitive] was/were going to expresses the "anterior future" or "future in the past".

    Jag skulle just äta pizzan när svanen attackerade.

  5. [with infinitive] could, would used to make a phrase more polite.

    Skulle du kunna skjutsa mig till stan?
    Jag skulle vilja ha en kaka.
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish skula, from Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

noun/²skuːla/

  1. school (education or instruction institution)

    common-gender · countable · uncountable
    Han går i skolan
    Barnen är i skolan

  2. a school (school of thought)

    common-gender
    Frankfurtskolan
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse skóli, from Proto-West Germanic *skōlu, from Late Latin schola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”).

verb/²skuːla/

  1. to school, teach

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse skóli, from Proto-West Germanic *skōlu, from Late Latin schola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”).

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