Simple Swedish Podcast - #220 - Passivt S

Episode Date: April 10, 2024

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You're listening to Simple Swedish Podcast. Welcome, welcome. This is episode 220. Today we're going to talk about Passiv S. But before we start, I want to thank some Patrons. It's Lily, Clara, Chovik, Ross, Jennifer, Jim, Martine, Alex, or Martin? Martin, I don't know. Danny and Dana, thank you for supporting this podcast. And everyone who wants to support the podcast, go to patreon.com slash Swedish Linguist. It only costs 5 euros per month and you get a transcript for all episodes. A very good resource for you who want to practice to understand spoken Swedish better. So, yes, today we are going to talk about passive S. So, yes, that it is passive, it simply means that it doesn't have a verb, or that it is... I'll start over. That it is passive. A passive verb is simply that it doesn't have anyone or something that performs the action, that does the action. In English you use was or is, but in Swedish you use an S. So for example, if I want to say Birger Jarl founded Stockholm.

So Birger Jarl founded Stockholm. Okay, Birger Jarl founded Stockholm. Birger Jarl founded Stockholm. It was actually a guy named Birger Jarl. I don't know if you say Birger or Birger. Maybe it's Birger. Birger Jarl founded Stockholm. But if I want to say that Stockholm was founded by Birger Jarl. I'm not saying that Stockholm was founded, no no no no. I'm saying that Stockholm was founded by Birger Jarl. Stockholm was founded by Birger Jarl. Stockholm was founded by Birger Jarl. It's the same thing, for example, I was born in 1989. So we add an S at the end. And then you get this, which is called passive voice in English,

which I actually don't know what it's called in Swedish. But it works like this, you just add an S, and you do that on all different bendings of the verb, so you say like to foundation, to foundation. Foundation, okay, here's the difference, because in the present you remove the R, so foundation becomes foundation, so you have to remove the R and then add the S. So grundar becomes grundas. Grundade, grundades. Har grundat, har grundats.

And if it is an ER verb, for example, to use. Then you remove both the R and the E. So to use becomes to be used. So to use, to be used. To use, to be used, to be used and to have been used. So we will take some example sentences so that you understand this a little better. So we take for example, the door opened. So that means that the door was opened by someone. Someone opened the door. The door was opened by someone. Någon öppnade dörren. Dörren öppnades av någon. Så man kan också alltså säga, blev öppnad. Så dörren öppnades och dörren blev öppnad. Det är ungefär samma sak, men man använder ofta blev öppnad och öppnades på lite olika sätt, often was opened and opened in a little different way, which is a little difficult to explain.

But if you listen and read a lot in Swedish, you will get a feeling of what sounds best. So, the door opened. Yes, that means that the door was opened. The book was written by Astrid Lindgren. So instead of saying that Astrid Lindgren wrote the book, you can say that the book was written by Astrid Lindgren. So the book was written by Astrid Lindgren. So the book was written by Astrid Lindgren. I was born in 1989. So not I was born, but I was born. So I was born in 1989.

So my mother gave birth to me. I was born by my mother. I was born. So I was born in 1989. The apartment was renovated last year. The apartment was renovated. Man renoverade lägenheten. Sometimes you can also say man, so man renoverade lägenheten lägenheten renoverades

förra året. So it doesn't exist, you don't specify who has done it. The meaning doesn't contain who has done it, but you can say that the apartment was renovated last year.

You can also use the word man in the example Stockholm was founded in the 1200s. You can also say that man founded Stockholm in the 1200s. The next example is that two people were injured in a crash. It is common to hear this form on the news. So that means that two people were injured in a accident. So for example, two cars that crashed. So two people were injured in an accident. So this has been in that time, all examples so far. Now we take some examples in the present tense. Swedish is spoken

in both Finland and Sweden. Yes, so it means that people speak Swedish both in Finland and in Sweden. Swedish is spoken both in Finland and in Sweden. You can say Swedish is spoken in Finland and Sweden.

You can say, what is being done? Instead of saying, what are you doing? Or what are you doing? Or what is happening? You can say, what is being done? What is being done? Like, what is being done? But what done? What is done? What is done? What is done? What is done? What is done? Sounds very strange. So if you say what is done, it means something like what is happening? What are you doing? What is done? Next. It is not needed. So it means that inget behov. Det behövs inte. Någonting som inte behövs

helt enkelt. Det finns inget behov. Det behövs inte. Eller nästa. Hur används semicolon? vänds semicolon? Så det betyder alltså hur använder man semicolon? Eller hur är det meningen att man ska använda semicolon? Eller hur använder folk semicolon? Hur används semicolon? Man kan säga, ja, semicolon används så här, bla bla bla. The semicolon is used like this, blah blah blah. Or, it feels good. So it feels, it means that there is a feeling, like, that, yeah, so it feels good. So those were some examples of words with passive S in Swedish. So, but it's not always this S means that it's passive. There are other examples where S means that you do something with each other.

So for example, we met, means we met each other. For example, we met means we met each other. I can say, when did you meet? It means when did you meet each other? So you can't say when did you meet him? Because it means När träffades du varandra honom? Very strange. So, när träffades ni? Means when did you meet each other? Or vi ses. Yes, that actually means

that we see each other. So vi ses is like saying Yes, we will see or meet each other again. Vi ser varandra. Så vi ses är som att säga Vi kommer att se eller träffa varandra igen. Så vi ses. Eller vi hörs. Alltså vi hör varandra. Så det betyder att ja, vi kommer

vi kommer höra oss, alltså vi kommer prata med varandra, ringa varandra eller något sånt. Vi hörs. Eller liksom, de kramades. Betyder att de kramade varandra. ring each other or something like that. We'll meet. Or like, they hugged each other. It means that they hugged each other. And then there are other words with an S, other verbs with an S, which, yes, it's just like that. There is no grammatical meaning of the S,

but it's just like that. For example, hoppas. So, I hope the weather will be nice tomorrow. It has nothing to do with the word hoppa. It's hoppa to jump and hoppas to hope. Two completely different words have nothing to do with each other. I don't know why you hope to have an S, but it just is. So I hope it will be nice weather tomorrow. Or to breathe. To breathe in, breathe out. To breathe. There is no reason to have an S, but to breathe. Or to succeed. Or to pretend.

There are different words that have episode has been helpful. It's not easy to understand exactly how to use this. Therefore, as I said, it's important to listen a lot, read a lot, get a lot of input, exposure, and to be attentive. So that you think about this. So next time you read or hear someone use passive S, Think a little bit more about how it is used. Exactly, think about how it is used. How it is used. Because it doesn't work at all in English. In English you say how it is used, but not in Swedish.

So, have a good one, and we'll see you soon. Bye bye!