Title: Övning 3 Fyll i perfektformen av verbet/ Task 3 Fill in the present perfect form of the verb.
Course: Communication and interaction in mother tongue, Swedish as a second language > Section: 1 - Communication

Perfekt, teori/Present perfect, theory

Present perfect, or Perfekt in Swedish, is used when…

1.    …the time and the event/action started some time ago, and the action is still ongoing.

·       Kalle och Stina har bott i ett eget hus i 3 år (they moved to their own house 3 years ago, and they still live in their own house)

·       Lisa och Matias har varit förlovade i 1 år. (they got engaged 1 year ago and they are still engaged)

2.    …the event/the action is finished. The time when it happened is not important. No expressions of time are used. We can see a result from the action.

·       Jag har sett den här filmen (I have seen this movie) Result: Now I know what the film is about.

·       Jag har tvättat min bil (I have washed my car) Result: I have a clean car now.

3.    The action is finished, but we use an expression of time, that expresses an ongoing time.

Jag har studerat idag (The day is not over yet, but I have finished the studying)

Jag har läst mycket den här månaden. (The month is not over, but I have read a lot this month)

Jag har sprungit mycket i år. (The year is not over, but I have already run a lot)

4.    The action is finished, and we use an undefinite expression of time. The time when the action happened is not important. The action is more important than the time.

Jag har ätit pizza många gånger (I have eaten pizza many times)

Jag har aldrig åkt med flygplan. (I have never travelled by airplane)

Jag har simmat i havet några gånger. (I have swum in the sea a few times)