förklarat

Förklarat is the past participle form of the Swedish verb förklara, meaning to explain, clarify, or justify. It is the supine/past participle form used in conjunction with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses and, in certain constructions, passive meanings. The form expresses that an explanation has been given and completed.

Grammatical usage

In active voice, förklarat combines with ha or hade to form perfect and pluperfect tenses: Jag har förklarat hur det fungerar (I have explained how it works); Hon hade förklarat orsaken (She had explained the cause). In passive constructions, the participle takes a passive form: fr ågan har förklarats av experterna (the question has been explained by the experts). The simple past use is with the corresponding preterite: frågan förklarades igår (the question was explained yesterday). When used attributively as an adjective, the participle is rare in the -at form; more common is the attributive form förklarad, agreeing with gender and number, as in en förklarad fråga (an explained question).

Etymology and related forms

Förklarat originates from förklara, formed with the prefix för- added to klara. Related words include förklarad (past participle used as an adjective in many contexts) and förklaring (explanation).

See also

Förklara (to explain), förklaring (explanation). The lexeme is a standard part of Swedish grammar and is routinely found in formal and informal explanatory discourse.