svarar

Svarar is the present tense form of the Swedish verb svara, meaning to answer or to reply. In standard Swedish, svarar is used for all grammatical persons in the present tense: jag svarar, du svarar, han/hon svarar, vi svarar, ni svarar, de svarar.

As a finite verb, svarar expresses that an act of answering is taking place. It is commonly followed by a phrase indicating what is being answered, for example "Jag svarar på frågan" (I answer the question). It can also describe the manner of responding, as in "Hon svarar snabbt" (She answers quickly).

Conjugation and morphology: svarar is formed from the stem svar- with the present tense suffix -ar, which is typical of Swedish verbs in the -a group. The form svarar appears across all persons in the present tense, while other tenses are formed with auxiliary verbs or participles (for example, svarade for the past, har svarat for the present perfect).

Etymology and related forms: The verb svara comes from older Norse roots and is historically related to the noun svar, meaning "an answer" or "a reply." Distinctions should be kept with the noun svar and with the past participle svarat.

See also: svar (noun); svara (infinitive).