No. 351 in Swedish
hittades
"Was found."
In a sentence
Nycklarna hittades under soffan.
The keys were found under the sofa.
Here, 'hittades' is used in a passive form to indicate that the keys were found by someone unnamed or by chance.
Efter flera dagar hittades boken på biblioteket.
After several days, the book was found in the library.
In this sentence, 'hittades' signifies the passive past action of discovering the book's location.
Mobiltelefonen hittades av en förbipasserande.
The mobile phone was found by a passerby.
Here, 'hittades' is employed to describe the passive occurrence of the phone being discovered, with an explicit agent mentioned (a passerby).
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