Supinum Constructions & Omitted har

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One of the most distinctive features of Swedish (unique among Germanic languages!) is that the perfect auxiliaries 'har' and 'hade' can be completely omitted before a supine in ANY subordinate clause (relative, temporal, causal, 'att'-clause). The bare supine alone signals perfekt or pluskvamperfekt!

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In Group 4 (strong verbs) and Group 1, Swedish strictly separates the verbal SUPINUM (used ONLY with har/hade: 'har skrivit', 'har målat' — never inflected!) from the adjectival PERFEKT PARTICIP (used after vara/bli and before nouns: 'är skriven/skrivet/skrivna', 'är målad/målat/målade').

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In counterfactual past modal constructions ('skulle ha gjort', 'kunde ha sagt', 'borde ha vetat'), the infinitive 'ha' is very often dropped ('skulle gjort', 'kunde sagt', 'borde vetat'). In spoken Swedish, the modal itself often assimilates to a supine too ('hade kunnat gjort' — dubbelt supinum), though formal writing prefers 'hade kunnat göra' or 'skulle ha gjort'.

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To express deductions, probability, or hearsay about past events, Swedish combines a present/past modal verb with 'ha' + supinum: 'måste ha glömt' (must have forgotten), 'kan ha tagit fel' (may have been mistaken), 'borde ha kommit fram' (should have arrived), 'lär ha kostat' (is said to have cost).

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When a modal or phase verb stands in the perfekt or pluskvamperfekt, it takes its supine form (kunnat, velat, måst, fått, vågat, brukat, hunnit, sluppit) followed by the bare infinitive of the next verb!

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Both s-passive verbs and deponent verbs form their supine by adding '-s' to the regular supine ending: Group 1 '-ats' (har målats, har hoppats), Group 2 & 3 '-ts' (har stängts, har trivts, har nåtts), Group 4 '-its' (har skrivits, har funnits).

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'Ha' + supinum is used after prepositions ('efter att ha avslutat', 'utan att ha läst') and after epistemic/claim verbs ('uppges ha lämnat landet', 'verkar ha missförstått') to express anteriority.

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To state that an action will already be completed by a specific point in the future, Swedish uses '(kommer att) ha' + supinum, or in temporal subordinate clauses simply the normal perfekt ('har' + supinum)!

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Strong verbs (Group 4) change their stem vowel across principal parts and always take '-it' in the supine:1) i - e - i (skriva - skrev - skrivit), 2) y/u - ö - u (bryta - bröt - brutit; bjuda - bjöd - bjudit), 3) i - a - u (dricka - drack - druckit; försvinna - försvann - försvunnit), 4) ä - a - u (skära - skar - skurit; bära - bar - burit).

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In certain fixed idioms and elliptical expressions, the supine or participle stands without an auxiliary: 'Sagt och gjort' (No sooner said than done), 'Det har kommit för att stanna' (It is here to stay), 'Väl framme...' / 'När allt kommer omkring'.