Breakdown of Fasaden blev snabbt återställd.
snabb
fast
bli
to become
fasaden
the facade
återställd
restored
Questions & Answers about Fasaden blev snabbt återställd.
Why is blev used here instead of var for "was"?
Using blev (became) emphasizes the transition or the action taking place to form the passive voice. If you said Fasaden var snabbt återställd, it would sound unnatural because var describes a completed state, while snabbt describes the speed of an action.
Why does snabbt end in a -t?
Adding a -t to an adjective is the standard way to create an adverb in Swedish. Here, the adjective snabb (quick) becomes the adverb snabbt (quickly) to describe how the restoration was performed.
Why doesn't återställd get a -t at the end?
återställd is a past participle acting as an adjective describing Fasaden. Because Fasaden is an en-word, the adjective stays in its base form. If the subject were an ett-word like huset (the house), it would change to återställt.
How would I use this lesson's grammar to say it was restored "much more quickly"?
You would use the comparative form of the adverb along with the intensifier mycket. The sentence becomes Fasaden blev mycket snabbare återställd. Notice that comparative adverbs like snabbare do not take a -t ending.