omvandlades

Omvandlades is a Swedish verb form used as the simple past tense in the passive voice of omvandla, meaning was transformed or was converted. It describes a transformation that has already occurred to a subject at a specific time. The form is common in written Swedish and in narratives, where the emphasis is on the result of the transformation rather than the agent performing it.

Etymology and form: The verb omvandla is built from the prefix om-, which signals a change or transformation, and the verb stem vandla/vandla, meaning to turn or change. The related noun is omvandling, referring to the process of transformation or conversion. The corresponding other forms include omvandlas (present passive), omvandlades (past passive), har omvandlats (present perfect passive), and omvandlade (active past).

Usage and examples: Omvandlades appears across many domains, including science, engineering, architecture, and governance. Examples include: “Materialet omvandlades under upphettning till en ny förening.” (The material was transformed under heating into a new compound.) “Fabriken omvandlades till ett bostadsområde.” (The factory was converted into a housing area.) “Filen omvandlades så att den kunde läsas av programvaran.” (The file was converted so that the software could read it.) The construction is typically agentless, focusing on the result of the transformation rather than the agent.

Grammatical notes: Omvandlades is the preterite passive form. The present tense is omvandlas; the perfect passive is har omvandlats; the active past form is omvandlade. In contexts with an agent, an av-phrase can indicate who performed the transformation.

See also: omvandla, omvandling, konvertera, transformera.