Learn Swedish: Gropen i cykelbanan är reparerad. - The pothole in the bicycle lane is repaired.

Reparera is a regular Group 1 verb, meaning it ends in -a in both its infinitive and imperative forms. To build the past participle for a singular en word, you simply add -d to the stem, which gives us reparerad.

Why does the sentence use reparerad instead of reparerat or reparerade?

Past participles act like adjectives, so their endings must agree with the noun they describe. Because gropen (the pothole) is a singular en word, we use the en form reparerad. If we were talking about an ett word like däcket (the tire), it would be reparerat, and for plural nouns it would be reparerade.

What is the difference between saying är reparerad and repareras?

Using är plus the past participle reparerad describes a finished state or the result of an action (the pothole is currently fixed). If you used the passive s-verb repareras, it would mean the action is happening right now: "The pothole is being repaired."

How is the word cykelbanan put together?

It is a compound word made of cykel (bicycle) and banan (the definite form of en bana, which means a track, path, or lane). Like most Swedish compound words, it is written together as one single word.