plockas

Plockas is the present passive form of the Swedish verb plocka, meaning to pick, gather, or pluck. In Swedish, the passive is formed by adding the suffix -s to the verb's present tense; thus plockas translates roughly as "is picked" or "are picked." The agent performing the action is typically omitted, but may be expressed with av, as in av arbetarna ("by the workers").

Use and nuance: The -s passive is common in descriptive writing and reporting about harvests, production, and collections. It emphasizes the action on the object rather than the doer and can be used with singular or plural subjects. The agent can be specified with av, but is often left unnamed when the doer is unknown or unimportant.

Examples: Äpplena plockas från trädet varje höst. Skörden plockas av arbetarna. Stenen plockas upp av bärgaren.

Related forms: plocka (infinitive), plockar (present active), plockade (simple past), plockades (past passive), plockat (supine/participial).