Eld bränns.

English Translation

Fire burns.

‘Bränns’ is passive so shouldn’t the translation be ‘fire is burning’?

“Eld bränns” means that fire gives you a burning sensation. The verb form is actually deponens; you can find other examples of this by searching this forum.

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Wow, never heard of ‘deponens’. And I thought Swedist grammar was simple.

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