Breakdown of Kocken brukar laga maten, men brödet bakas av bagaren.
laga
to cook
maten
the food
baka
to bake
men
but
kocken
the chef
bagaren
the baker
av
of, by / from (cause)
brödet
the bread
bruka
to usually do
Questions & Answers about Kocken brukar laga maten, men brödet bakas av bagaren.
How do you form the passive verb bakas here?
Bakas is the present tense s-passive of the verb baka (to bake). For verbs that end in -ar in the present tense (like bakar), you just drop the -r and add an -s to make it passive. This changes the meaning from 'bakes' to 'is baked'.
How do we say 'by' someone in a passive Swedish sentence?
When you want to mention who is actually doing the action in a passive sentence, you use the preposition av. So bakas av bagaren means 'is baked by the baker'.
Why doesn't the Swedish sentence use a separate word for 'usually'?
Swedish uses the helper verb brukar to express that someone is in the habit of doing something. It is always followed by an infinitive verb (here, laga). So brukar laga directly translates to 'usually cooks', without needing a separate adverb.
Why does bagare become bagaren in the definite form?
The word for a baker is en bagare. For en-words that end in -are (which are very often professions or roles), you simply add an -n to the end to say 'the'.
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