Breakdown of Polisen hittade drogen i väskan.
hitta
to find
väskan
the bag
polisen
the police officer
drogen
the drug (narcotic)
Questions & Answers about Polisen hittade drogen i väskan.
In English, 'the police' acts as a plural noun. Is polisen plural or singular in Swedish?
It is singular. In Swedish, polisen refers either to the police force as a single institution or to a single police officer. Because it is a singular en-word, it takes singular adjectives and pronouns. If you specifically want to refer to multiple police officers, you would use the plural form poliserna.
Can drogen refer to prescription medication, just like 'the drug' does in English?
No, it usually cannot. In Swedish, en drog strongly implies narcotics or illegal recreational substances. If you want to talk about medicine or pharmaceutical drugs, you should use words like medicinen or läkemedlet.
I have also learned the verb finna for 'to find'. Could I say Polisen fann drogen?
Yes, you could, but it would sound quite formal, like a written police report or a news broadcast. In everyday written and spoken Swedish, hittade is the standard verb for physically finding concrete objects. Finna is much more common when talking about abstract discoveries, such as finding a solution or finding peace.