Jobbat

Jobbat is the past participle of the Swedish verb jobba, meaning to work. It is used primarily in compound tenses with auxiliary verbs to indicate completed action, such as in perfect and pluperfect constructions.

In everyday Swedish, jobbat appears in sentences like Jag har jobbat i två år (I have worked for two years) or Hon hade jobbat tidigare (She had worked earlier). Although it resembles an adjective in form, its primary function is within verb phrases rather than as a standalone adjective. A common way to convey a descriptive sense is to use a construction such as en person som har jobbat rather than a direct modifier like a “jobbat person.”

The form is the standard past participle for the verb jobba, and its appearance follows the typical pattern for -a verbs in Swedish conjugation. The supine, used in perfect tenses, is jobbat. This participle is not commonly used as a noun or in isolation; instead, it remains part of the verbal predicate or a descriptive clause.

Related terms include the noun jobb (job) and the related adjective/job-adjective family such as jobbig, which pertains to the concept of work or tasks. See also jobba, jobb, and arbete for broader linguistic and lexical context in Swedish.

Notes: In Swedish, capitalization of jobbat is only for proper nouns or at the start of a sentence; otherwise it remains lowercase.