Verbs
- Swedish Essentials of Grammar - page 64 - 80
- Rivstart A1/A2 Övningsbok - page 75, 75
word type | IMPERATIVE = BasicForm | INFINITIVE | PRESENT | PAST | SUPINE | Present Participle | Past Participle |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G2 - Basic ending with consonant | basic | basic + a | basic + er | basic + de ; or te after p,t,k,s,x | basic + t | basic + ande | basic + d ; or t after p,t,k,s,x |
G1 - Basic ending with a | basic | basic | basic + r | basic + de | basic + t | basic + nde | basic + d |
G3 - Basic ending with a long stressed vowel | basic | basic | basic + r | basic + dde | basic + tt | basic + ende | basic + dd |
- G4 - special verbs.
- Strong verbs - some "er" verbs are "strong" verbs, they change vowels when in
past
andsupine
, and supine ends withit
; And for theirpast participle
, replaceit
toen
F.g. Texten är skriven här. (The text is written here.)
Strong word type | IMPERATIVE = BasicForm | INFINITIVE | PRESENT | PAST | SUPINE | Present Participle | Past Participle |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
skriv | skriva | skriver | skrev | skrivit | skrivande | skriven |
The passive
Adding an s
- If present tense ending in
r
, then +rs- öppnar -> öppnas
- If present tense ending in
er
then usually the whole ending disappears- köpper -> köps
- köpper -> köpes (more formal)
Or one can use blev / vara / är
+ past participle
to do the same:
- Bilen blev reparerad, medan vi väntade (The car was repared while we waited)
- Bilen reparerades, medan vi väntade.
- Villan är redan såld. (The house is already sold)
- Villan har redan sålts.
Two Participle from - 两种分词形式
- present participle (presens particip)
- past participle (perfekt particip)
The participles can be used in the same way as adjectives:
- en läsande pojke (present) - a reading boy
- en stängd dörr (past) - a closed door
Examples
IMPERATIVE = BasicForm | INFINITIVE | PRESENT | PAST | SUPINE | Present Participle | Past Participle |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
bliv | bli | blir | blev | blivit | blivande | bliven |
skriv | skriva | skriver | skrev | skrivit | skrivande | skriven |
stäng | stänga | stänger | stängde | stängt | stängande | stängd |