passerade

Passerade is the simple past tense form of the Swedish verb passera. It means to move past something, to go by, to cross a location, or to elapse with time. The word can describe physical movement past an object or place, as well as the passage of time or other quantities.

Grammar and forms: Passera is a regular verb of the -era group. Present tense: passerar. Simple past: passerade. Supine (used for perfect tenses): passerat. The past participle can appear as passerad or passerat depending on grammatical construction and agreement. In the present passive, the form passeras is common, as in “sträckan passeras av många tåg.”

Usage notes: Time expressions frequently use passerade, as in “tiden passerade snabbt.” Movements of people or vehicles use passerade with the destination or path, e.g., “Bilen passerade genom staden” or “Vi passerade gränsen.” The phrase passerar gränsen is common for present tense; for past events, passerade gränsen is used. In some contexts, especially in informal Swedish, other verbs such as klara (a test) or gå igenom may be used instead of passera when referring to exams or procedures.

Translations and nuance: Passera encompasses several related senses—physical passage, crossing, or the passage of time. Its exact nuance depends on the syntactic construction and accompanying prepositions (genom, förbi, till, utanför, etc.). Overall, passerade is a versatile, widely used verb form for describing what has occurred in the past.