Breakdown of Hun blev myrdet i sit hjem.
hun
she
i
in
sit
his/her/its own (neuter)
blive
to be (passive auxiliary)
hjemmet
the home (personal, emotional)
myrde
to murder
Questions & Answers about Hun blev myrdet i sit hjem.
Why is sit used here instead of hendes?
Even though the sentence is passive, hun is the grammatical subject. Because the action happened in her own home, you must use the reflexive possessive sit. If you used hendes, it would mean she was murdered in some other woman's home.
Why is the reflexive pronoun specifically sit rather than sin?
The reflexive possessive pronoun must agree with the gender of the noun it possesses. The word for home is neuter (et hjem), so it requires the neuter form sit.
Could I use the s-passive form myrdedes instead of blev myrdet?
Grammatically yes, but the blive passive is much more natural here. The s-passive in the past tense is often found in formal historical writing or literature, whereas the blive passive is strongly preferred for specific, concrete events in spoken and everyday written Danish.
What is the difference between saying hun blev myrdet and hun var myrdet?
blev myrdet focuses on the action taking place at that moment (the act of being murdered). var myrdet describes a state or condition after the action has already finished, meaning she was already dead when someone found her.
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