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- (sv) Här är en liten bok, som jag skrivit i sommar → Her er en lille bog, som jeg skrev i sommers
Why is the supine ("skrivit") used as past tense? Isn't it supposed to be either "jag skrev" or "jeg har skrivit" - rather the former?
When so employed in Swedish, the neuter of the past participle is called the Supine. In the Strong Conjugation, i is substituted for e in the neuter of the past participle when used in this way. The endings of the supine are accordingly in weak verbs (I) -a/, (II) -/, (III) -//, and in the Strong Conjugation -it. 182. OMISSION OF THE AUXILIARY. In dependent clauses the auxiliary is very often omitted in the present per- fect and past perfect, the supine alone being used 6 (see 191, i). The context shows whether the supine has present perfect or past perfect meaning. Ex.: "Har ar en liten bok, som jag skrivit i sommar". Here is a little book that I have written this summer. Jag trodde, att han trbttnat. I thought he had grown tired. Nar
I found this here. - Francis Tyers 12:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
