"Bakom stängda dörrar."

Translation: Behind closed doors.

[elofturtle]

Archaic: "Bakom lyckta dörrar". Sometimes heard in politics or in a court setting.

[davost]

Bad TTS on bakom here.

[HelenCarlsson]

Bah coom :).

http://sv.forvo.com/search-sv/bakom/

[DMcSea]

Why is it stängda and not... because it's plural, han sa, svara på sin egen dum fråga

[sotnosen93]

"[...]sa han och svarade på sin egen dumma (remember the possessive makes the adjective definite) fråga".

The Swedish equivalent of the -ing form isn't nearly as versatile as the English one, so you often have to do some rephrasing when translating that.

[Rasla143]

i didn't get this sentence

[devalanteriel]

It means that something like a court session or a political meeting is closed to the general public - it's held behind closed doors.

[jwbards]

Trots att det faktiskt inte är en mening ... :-)

[devalanteriel]

Trots att det faktiskt inte är en mening*

Sure, but you know what they meant. :)

[GlennaJo]

Or like the Country song Behind Closed Doors "you can let your hair hang down..." :-)

[JimNolt]

Av Charlie Rich tror jag.

[Kanwal_Raj]

Stängda Vs Stängde

[devalanteriel]

• stängda = closed, adjective, plural and definite
• stängde = closed, verb, simple past and past participle

The -e suffix for the adjective also works as an optional singular male definite, but that sounds silly with this particular word.