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Present Participle Posted by on May 24, 2013 in Grammar

This post is for move advanced learners in Swedish. Although, if you have a similar structure in your language it can be familiar for you. Present Participle or in Swedish Presens Particip is used in very many ways. It ends with –ande or –ende

  • It can be a noun in a sentence: En ordförande= a chairman , ordföranden=the chairman, flera ordföranden = chairmen, ordförandena=the chairmen, Some of these nouns are very common. Don´t Think about them just learn them. Nouns can also habe different endings. Think about the very often used noun ett meddelande= a message.
  • It can also  be used as an adjective: Ett sovande barn = A sleeping child, ett klingande glas= a clinking glas
  • It can also be used as an adverb: Huset ligger förtjusande fint vid havet. = The house is enchantingly beautiful by the sea.

Note that the adverb talks always about the verb. Ad-verb. It´s in its name. While the adjective talks all the time about the noun.

Not really onomatopoetic words ie. sound-imitating Words but very close. They often get these endings as well. Hereby follows some examples!

 

De hörde ett högt donande ljud från gatan.

Jag hör en brummande björn.

Hon har ett sådant dunkande huvudvärk.

Han har en väsande andedräkt.

Skramlande bilnycklar.

Rasslande chipspåsar.

Can you translate it to your own language? Start with the Participle forms with black.

 

 

 

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