Breakdown of Wanneer heeft de gemeente de bak opgehaald?
hebben
to have
wanneer
when
de gemeente
the municipality
de bak
the bin
Questions & Answers about Wanneer heeft de gemeente de bak opgehaald?
How exactly is the past participle opgehaald formed?
The infinitive is ophalen (to pick up / collect). Because it is a separable verb, the -ge- part of the past participle is injected between the prefix (op-) and the verb. This gives us op + ge + haald. It ends in -d because the root of halen ends in the letter l, which is a voiced consonant (not in the 't kofschip rule).
Why does opgehaald sit at the very end of this question?
In Dutch, when you use a perfect tense, the helper verb (here, heeft) takes the normal verb position near the front of the sentence, but the past participle (opgehaald) is always pushed to the very end of the clause.
Why do we use heeft as the helper verb here instead of is?
We use a form of hebben because the verb ophalen acts on a direct object (the thing being picked up, which is de bak). Verbs that take a direct object almost always use hebben rather than zijn to form the perfect tense.
Does de bak just mean a generic box or container?