{"id":2489,"date":"2010-12-16T15:22:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T15:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2010-12-03T20:27:10","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T20:27:10","slug":"fun-with-swedish-grammalanguage-%e2%80%93-perfect-perfekt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/fun-with-swedish-grammalanguage-%e2%80%93-perfect-perfekt\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Swedish Grammar\u2013 Perfect Perfekt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that we know the imperative form<\/a> (and we are all experts now of course), we can move on to the perfect tense.\u00a0 The perfect tense describes an action that has been completed, but the consequences are still ongoing.\u00a0 For example: Marcus har sprungit till jobbet.<\/p>\n

This suggests that I have run to work, the run is complete, but I am still at work.\u00a0 Unfortunately.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a useful tense and gives you yet another tense to play with.<\/p>\n

To create the perfect tense though, we first have to put a verb in the supine form (supinum in Swedish).<\/p>\n

We need to start with our imperative form to get where we need to be.<\/p>\n

Most verbs in the imperative end in \u2013a.\u00a0 And that means we can just add a \u2013t to the end.<\/p>\n

For example:
\nSluta ————–> Slutat
\nKrama ————–> Kramat
\nStanna ————–> Stannat<\/p>\n

But there are exceptions of course. Again, these are those verbs that you just kind of need to know:<\/p>\n

F\u00e5 ————–> F\u00e5tt
\nSe ————–> Sett
\nVar ————–> Varit
\nG\u00f6r ————–> Gjort<\/p>\n

And finally, we have one other set of verbs that take a different ending in the supine form. \u00a0Those verbs are known as starka verb.\u00a0 Strong verbs.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got them in English as well, in fact, several of the strong verbs in English are also considered strong verbs in Swedish.\u00a0 Here are a few examples to get you started:<\/p>\n

Ta ————–> Tagit
\nSpring ————–> Sprungit
\nD\u00f6 ————–> D\u00f6tt
\nSov ————–> Sovit
\nSit ————–> Suttit
\nSkriv ————–> Skrivit<\/p>\n

Now that we have the supine form down, we are well on our way to understanding the perfect tense. \u00a0In fact, now comes the easy part.\u00a0 Just add har.\u00a0 Har + <\/strong>Supine = Perfect<\/p>\n

A few example sentences to get you started:
\nJag har skrivit.
\nHan har slutat.
\nVi har redan f\u00e5tt mat.
\nDe har redan gjort det.<\/p>\n

Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that we know the imperative form (and we are all experts now of course), we can move on to the perfect tense.\u00a0 The perfect tense describes an action that has been completed, but the consequences are still ongoing.\u00a0 For example: Marcus har sprungit till jobbet. This suggests that I have run to work, the…<\/p>\n

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