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swedish grammar.
Indicative. Present. Imperfect. Sing. griper, binder. Sing. grep, band. Plur. gripa, binda. Plur. grepo, bundo.
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Imperative. Sing. 2 pers. grip, bind. Plur. 1 " gripom, bindom. " 2 " gripen, binden.
- Passive Verbs. (Passivum.)
The modern Swedish form of the passive has originated from the Old Northern, in which it was a mere adaptation of the reflective pronoun sik, sig, and was conjugated with the help of the auxiliaries vera, verda (varða), 'to be,' and the past participle of the active form of the verb.
In modern Swedish the passive is formed by adding s (for sig) to the transitive active form of the verb; as—
Infinitive. Present. (att) kallas, to be called. " böjas, " bent. " tros, " trusted. " bindas, " bound.
