take a chair
To sit downTo sit down (usually, but not always, in a chair).
» Won't you take a chair?
Wollen Sie sich nicht setzen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Wollen Sie nicht Platz nehmen? — Manfredo
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo sit down (usually, but not always, in a chair).
Examples
14 sentencesWon't you take a chair?
deWollen Sie sich nicht setzen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Take the other chair!
Візьми інший стілець! — aandrusiak
ruВозьми другой стул! — shanghainese
deNimm den anderen Stuhl! — MUIRIEL
Take the chair to your room.
Take this chair to my office.
David came a took the chair.
Forms
takes a chair, taking a chair, took a chair, taken a chair| Base form | take a chair · to take a chair |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | takes a chair |
| Present participle | taking a chair |
| Past simple | took a chair |
| Past participle | taken a chair |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.