User talk:Mkrist

• (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)