pågå

Pågå is a Swedish verb meaning to continue, to go on, or to be ongoing. It describes actions, events, or processes that are currently occurring or enduring. The present participle 'pågående' functions as an adjective meaning ongoing, as in ett pågående projekt (an ongoing project).

Conjugation: infinitive att pågå; present pågår; past pågick; supine pågått. The perfect tenses use an auxiliary: har pågått, hade pågått. The verb is intransitive and normally does not take a direct object; it indicates that a state or activity continues rather than that something is completed.

Usage: Pågå is widely used in journalism, administration, and everyday speech to express ongoing actions or processes. Examples: "Samtalet pågår fortfarande" (The conversation is still ongoing), "Projektet är fortfarande pågående" (The project is still ongoing). The adjective 'pågående' is common in phrases like "ett pågående projekt" or "pågående förhandlingar."

Etymology and related forms: The word is formed from the preposition "på" plus the verb "gå" (to go), literally "to go on." Cognates exist in Norwegian and Danish, with similar forms and meanings. Related words include "fortgå" (to continue, to persist) and the noun "pågående" used as an attributive or predicative adjective.

See also: fortgå; pågående.