bli.
to become
Meaning & usage
to become
Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa kaninen
Vi stannade tills det blev mörkt
to become to turn into (with an optional preposition till)
Vattnet blev (till) vin
Grodan blev (till) en prins
to remain, to stay
Nisse kom och blev stående i dörröppningen
Arbetet blev liggande
to be (in a future sense)
Det ska bli kul att träffa honom
used together with an adjective or past participle, meaning "has become"
Han har blivit gammal
Det hade blivit kallt
Where this word comes from
Apocopic form of bliva, from Old Swedish bliva, from Middle Low German blîven (“to remain”), from Old Saxon bilīvan, from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną. Displaced Swedish varda completely in the present tense, and partly in the past tense.
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