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Studenten tilldelades stipendiet av kommittén.

Studenten tilldelades stipendiet av kommittén.
The student was awarded the scholarship by the committee.
From Lesson 425:The recipient passive·Swedish

Questions & Answers about Studenten tilldelades stipendiet av kommittén.

In this sentence, studenten is the subject. How would this look in the active voice?
In the active voice, the committee is the subject doing the awarding: Kommittén tilldelade studenten stipendiet. The verb tilldela takes two objects (a recipient, studenten, and the thing being given, stipendiet). When we make it passive, we promote the recipient to the subject position, just like in English.
If studenten is the subject of the passive sentence, what role does stipendiet play?
It acts as a retained object. Even though the sentence is passive, the verb tilldelades still needs its direct object to make full sense. Therefore, stipendiet stays in the exact same grammatical role it had in the active sentence.
Could I say Studenten blev tilldelad stipendiet instead?
Yes, using the bli-passive works perfectly fine. However, the s-passive (tilldelades) is highly common in formal, administrative, or written contexts. Since committees and scholarships belong to that formal world, the s-passive feels very natural here.
Why is the definite form of the scholarship stipendiet? What is the root word?
The root word is the neuter noun ett stipendium. Neuter loanwords ending in -ium drop the -um before adding the definite suffix -et, which is why it becomes stipendiet instead of "stipendiumet".

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