No. 246 in Swedish
sa
The Swedish word "sa" means "said" in English.
In a sentence
Hon sa att hon gillar att läsa.
She said that she likes reading.
Here, 'sa' is the past tense of the verb 'säga', meaning 'to say' in English.
Jag gjorde det sa snabbt jag kunde.
I did it as fast as I could.
In this sentence, 'sa' is an alternate form of 'så här', meaning 'like this' or 'that' when used to emphasize urgency.
Om hon sa något, lyssnade vi noga.
If she said something, we listened carefully.
Here, 'sa' again is the past tense of 'säga', demonstrating its direct use in conditional statements.
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