{"id":122,"date":"2008-12-05T19:56:23","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T23:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=122"},"modified":"2008-12-05T19:56:23","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T23:56:23","slug":"swedish-verbs-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-verbs-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Verbs part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke from Sydney had a question about verbs. He wanted to know if all Swedish verbs end in \u201c<strong>a<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 that is something I briefly touched upon in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-verbs-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Swedish verbs part 2<\/a> post a while back.<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s review:<\/p>\n<p>No, not all Swedish verbs end in \u201c<strong>a<\/strong>.\u201d Some end in other vowels. And some end in \u201c<strong>s<\/strong>.\u201d But it does indeed seem like almost all Swedish verbs have the \u201c<strong>a<\/strong>\u201d ending, simply because the great majority of them ends in \u201c<strong>a<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, what are the verbs that end in other vowels? Those are those short, irregular verbs that I mentioned in the post referenced above.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those verbs end in \u201c<strong>e<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> se<\/strong> \u2013 to see<\/li>\n<li><strong> ge<\/strong> \u2013 to give<\/li>\n<li><strong> be<\/strong> \u2013 to beg\/request<\/li>\n<li><strong> le<\/strong> \u2013 to smile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A few end in \u201c<strong>\u00e5<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> g\u00e5<\/strong> \u2013 to go<\/li>\n<li><strong> m\u00e5<\/strong> \u2013 to feel (when talking about health)<\/li>\n<li><strong> st\u00e5<\/strong> \u2013 to stand<\/li>\n<li><strong> f\u00e5<\/strong> \u2013 to get\/receive<\/li>\n<li><strong> sl\u00e5<\/strong> \u2013 to hit\/ to strike<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And a few end in other vowels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> sy<\/strong> \u2013 to sew<\/li>\n<li><strong> bo<\/strong> \u2013 to live\/reside<\/li>\n<li><strong> d\u00f6<\/strong> \u2013 to die<\/li>\n<li><strong> tro<\/strong> \u2013 to believe\/ to think<\/li>\n<li><strong> bli <\/strong>\u2013 to become<\/li>\n<li><strong> kl\u00e4<\/strong> \u2013 to dress<\/li>\n<li><strong> fly<\/strong> \u2013 to flee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But then there are also other verbs that don\u2019t end in a vowel. Instead, they end in \u201c<strong>s<\/strong>.\u201d<br \/>\nThese are funky little verbs that normally bring quite a lot of grief to Swedish learners. Why? Some verbs get \u201c<strong>s<\/strong>\u201d at the end to express a passive voice. But some have that \u201c<strong>s<\/strong>\u201d ending and are not passive in meaning. Such verbs that are passive in form, but active in meaning are called <strong>deponent verbs<\/strong>, and unfortunately Swedish is full of them.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some of the most common ones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> hoppas<\/strong> \u2013 to hope<\/li>\n<li><strong> minnas<\/strong> \u2013 to remember, recall<\/li>\n<li><strong> andas<\/strong> \u2013 to breathe<\/li>\n<li><strong> finnas<\/strong> \u2013 to be (exist) \u2013 probably the most common of the bunch, You will see it in plenty of expressions, such as for example: <strong>Det finns + noun<\/strong> \u2013 There is + noun.<\/li>\n<li><strong> trivas<\/strong> \u2013 to feel at home, to get along<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And there are many more.<\/p>\n<p>So as you can see, not all Swedish verbs end in \u201c<strong>a<\/strong>\u201d even though it may seem so at first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke from Sydney had a question about verbs. 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