Swedish adjectives made from past participles
What the lesson covers
The lesson introduced how to use descriptive words, or adjectives, in Swedish to describe the state of things, exemplified by "öppen" (open) and "stängd" (closed). It showed how verbs like "att öppna" (to open), "att stänga" (to close), "att bränna" (to burn), and "att spränga" (to blow up) convert into their adjective forms such as "öppen," "stängd," "bränd," and "sprängd" to indicate a state. The lesson also covered forming the past tense using "har" (have), as in "jag har talat" (I have spoken), and the past tense of "att vara" (to be), which is "var" (was/were), providing various usage examples.
Vocabulary in this lesson
60 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- affären
- the store
- att
- to (infinitive marker)
- behöver
- need
- broder
- brother
- bror
- brother
- bränd
- burnt
- bränna
- to burn
- butik
- store
- butiken
- the store
- dag
- day
- de
- They
- den
- it
- det
- it
- dig
- you
- din
- your
- du
- You
- eller
- or
- en
- a/an (common gender)
- frågan
- the question
- han
- He
- har
- have
- hej
- Hi
- hit
- here
- hon
- She
- här
- here
- igår
- yesterday
- innan
- before
- inte
- not
- ja
- yes
- jag
- I
- kommer
- come
- med
- with
- men
- but
- mig
- me
- min
- my
- nej
- no
- ni
- You
- person
- person
- på
- on
- restaurangen
- the restaurant
- spränga
- to blow up
- sprängd
- blown up
- stänga
- to close
- stängd
- closed
- talat
- spoken
- tillsammans
- together
- tror
- believe
- var
- was
- vara
- to be
- varför
- why
- varje
- every
- vet
- know
- veta
- know
- vi
- We
- vill
- want / wants
- vänta
- wait
- är
- am / is / are
- öppen
- open
- öppet
- open
- öppna
- to open
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
In this lesson, we're going to look at how you can describe the state of things, meaning using adjectives. And of course we try to avoid using grammatical terms, so I actually prefer to look at it in terms of descriptive words. Essentially words that you can use to describe things, like it's green or it's big, it's small, it's closed, it's open, and so forth.
We're going to start out by repeating the word "open". Do you remember how to say "open" in Swedish?
"Open" is öppen, öppen.
"Is the store open?" Är butiken öppen?
Or, är affären öppen?
"Yes, it's open."
The video plays beside a transcript that follows it line by line. Swedish words are underlined; tap one and the video pauses, the meaning appears, and the word goes into your library. At the end there is a five-question quiz written from this exact lesson, and every word can be practised out loud.