"Telefonen är tillverkad i Finland."

Translation: The telephone is manufactured in Finland.

[landsend]

This should be in the "Once upon a time" section.

[HelenCarlsson]

Oh, I remember when Nokia still was cool...

[jayagmon]

You mean to say that you remember when Nokia still manufactured in Finland...

[use_her_name]

Wait... what? Nokia is not cool anymore? What happened? :(
I still got my Nokia 100, although det är tillverkad i Kina.

[Azouras]

*den är tillverkad i Kina. :)

[NattKullav1]

My Nokia 3310 still runs well, unfortunately my carrier has stopped 2g signals.

[Victor-Lecomte]

Does this mean that a certain model of phone is currently being manufactured in Finland, or that the phone we are talking about was made in Finland?

[rdpw94]

My impression is that it could mean either, based on context.

[Patrick747417]

I would day that if it is currently being manufactured, then it would be "Telefonen tillverkas i Finland"

[PontusKihl]

Yes, it can be either about the individual device that is spoken about, or the brand/model that is the topic. The other comments are referring to a time when Nokia was made in Finland...(in eg. Salo) however there are now smaller brands of phones to keep an eye out for ... to be made in Finland.

[RumenM]

Nokia will be manufacturing Android phones soon check their site.

[Emmi373612]

Surely not in Finland tho. The phone department is not even based in Finland anymore, just Nokia Networks

[GabyPramo]

Well, my current droid just survived a 3 story fall so I think they have started.

[javpav]

-Nokia.. the know the way of the Samurai..
-But Nokia it's finnish..
(Transformers 2007)

[Arx]

Why is "tillverkad" used here and "tillverkade" used in the sentence "Leksakerna är tillverkade av oss"? Because of plural?

[HelenCarlsson]

Yes :).

telefonen är tillverkad
huset är tillverkat
leksakerna är tillverkade

[mark230208]

Could we say "Telefonen tillverkas i Finland"?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, but note the difference:

• tillverkas = is being manufactured
• är tillverkad = was manufactured in the past

[MarkRedfer3]

Ok thanks but what about the difference then between
"är tillverkad" and "tillverkades"?

...I suspect you knew this question was likely to follow!

[devalanteriel]

Haha, it is indeed not a rare follow-up!

Swedish passives make a difference between describing state and activity. The -s passives describe activity:

• tillverkas = is (being) manufactured
• tillverkades = was (being) manufactured

Adding a form of vara describes the state of the item at the given time. Hence:

• är tillverkad = has already been manufactured, still exists
• var tillverkad = has already been manufactured, doesn't still exist

[AmbassadorTigger]

Is "is (regularly) manufactured" also "tillverkas"?

[devalanteriel]

Yep.

[Willem975258]

Why is "made" not accepted?

[degrasseme]

Made is "gjord" but I'd agree that that's the more natural word choice in English.

[CarloGamag1]

Why produced is not accepted?

[devalanteriel]

That actually is accepted.

[BernhardLi8]

why is 'produced' not accepted in my actual 12/2020 PC version?

[devalanteriel]

We do allow "produced". Do you remember the full phrase you put?

[BernhardLi8]

i should have made a sreen shot, you cannot go backin the lessons, next time i do.

[Kanwal_Raj]

---> Simple present /continuous tense :-

1 ) Jag tillverkar telefoner :-
a ) I manufacture telephone
Or
b ) I am manufacturing telephone

Passive :-

2 ) Telefonern tillverkas av mig :-
a ) The telephones are manufactured by me.
Or
b ) The telephones are being manufactured by me

<pre> Or </pre>

3 ) Telefonen är tillverkad av mig :-
a ) The telephone is manufactured by me

b ) The phone is being manufactured by me

---> Simple past :-

4 ) Jag tillverkade telefoner :-
a ) I manufactured phones
Or
b ) I was manufacturing phones

Passive :-

5 ) Telefonern tillverkades av mig :-
a ) The telephones were manufactured by me.
Or
b ) The telephones were being manufactured by me

Singular :-
For Ett words ---> tillverkat

For En words ---> tillverkad

Am i right ???

[Jorge56864]

Does this is past-participe?