Verb

att kunna

to be able to

Beginnerverb

Meaning

att kunna is the Swedish word for to be able to — a verb you meet early when building Swedish vocabulary. Learn it in context with the example below, hear the pronunciation, then lock it into memory by playing it in the free LearnSwedishFast arcade game.

Example

Du kan bli min vän.

You can become my friend.

Short, natural learner sentences—meant for memory, not dictionary citations.

Word forms

Common inflected forms of att kunna you will see while reading Swedish.

  • kan
  • kunde
  • kunna
  • kunnat

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