The document discusses different verb tenses in Swedish, including the present perfect, which uses "have/has" plus the past participle to talk about things that have happened, and the past perfect, which uses "had" plus the past participle to talk about things that had happened before something else in the past. It provides examples of how to form and use these tenses with common verbs like "go", "run", "know", and "forget". It also notes common spoken contractions of "have", "has", and "had".

1. Perfekt
talar om vad som har hänt
have/has + perfekt particip av huvudverbet
walked
run
gone
forgotten
known
I have known about this for a long time.
She has gone out for a run.
Have you forgotten that you were supposed to bring an apple for the teacher today?

2. I talspråk (och ibland skriftspråk)
!
have = ’ve !
has = ’s
I’ve known about this for a long time.
She’s gone out for a run.

3. Pluskvamperfekt
talar om vad som hade hänt
had + perfekt particip av huvudverbet
walked
run
gone
forgotten
known
I had known about it for so long before she told anyone else.
She had gone out for a run and felt exhausted when she got back.

4. I talspråk (och ibland skriftspråk)
!
had = ’d
I’d known about it for so long before she told anyone else.
She’d gone out for a run and felt exhausted when she got back.