född
Swedish
Etymology
past participle of föda.
Pronunciation
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Usage notes
One always uses present tense, "är född", when the person or animal in question is still alive, but past tense, "var född", if said person is no longer alive. Hence the statement "He was born..." could be expressed either as "Han var född..." - implying that "he" is deceased - or "Han är född..." implying that "he" is still alive. A third, more neutral, option would be to use the -s form of the passive voice of the verb föda: "Han föddes....".
Declension
| Inflection of född | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | född | — | — |
| Neuter singular | fött | — | — |
| Plural | födda | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | födde | — | — |
| All | födda | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
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