Upptäckten publicerades nyligen av forskaren.
The discovery was recently published by the researcher.
Breakdown of Upptäckten publicerades nyligen av forskaren.
av
of, by / from (cause)
nyligen
recently
forskaren
the researcher
upptäckten
the discovery
Questions & Answers about Upptäckten publicerades nyligen av forskaren.
Why do we use av here to mean "by"?
In Swedish passive sentences, the preposition av is used to introduce the person or thing doing the action. Since the discovery "was published" (publicerades), we need av to explain it was done "by" the researcher.
How do we know publicerades means "was published" instead of just "published"?
The -s at the very end of the verb is the giveaway! The normal active past tense is publicerade (published). Adding the -s to make it publicerades creates the passive voice ("was published").
Why does nyligen come right after the verb instead of at the end of the sentence?
Swedish is a "Verb-Second" (V2) language, so the verb publicerades has to be in the second position. Short adverbs of time like nyligen (recently) usually come right after the verb in a standard main clause, rather than at the end of the sentence as they often do in English.
What is the base form of the word Upptäckten?
The base word is en upptäckt (a discovery). Because it is an "en-word", it takes the -en ending to become the definite form upptäckten (the discovery).