Breakdown of Ruinen bevarades som ett historiskt monument.
ett
a, an (neuter)
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
historisk
historical
monumentet
the monument
ruinen
the ruin
bevara
to preserve
Questions & Answers about Ruinen bevarades som ett historiskt monument.
How is the past tense passive formed in bevarades?
This is the s-passive form. The active verb is bevara (to preserve), and its regular past tense is bevarade (preserved). To make it passive, meaning it received the action, you simply add an -s to the end of the active past tense, resulting in bevarades.
Could I say blev bevarad instead of bevarades here?
Yes! Swedish has two ways to express the passive voice. The s-passive (bevarades) is very common in written text, historical facts, and formal statements. The bli-passive (blev bevarad) is also correct but is often preferred in spoken Swedish to emphasize the actual event of being preserved.
Why does the adjective historiskt end in a -t?
Adjectives in Swedish have to agree with the gender of the noun they describe. Because monument is an ett-word, which we can see from the article ett before it, the basic adjective historisk gets a -t tacked onto the end to match it.
Does som always translate to the English word as?
When it means in the capacity of or functioning as, yes, som is the exact word you want. Just remember that som is also a very common relative pronoun meaning who, which, or that, depending on the context.
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