Breakdown of De buurt heeft goed meegewerkt.
hebben
to have
goed
good
de buurt
the neighborhood
meewerken
to cooperate
Questions & Answers about De buurt heeft goed meegewerkt.
How is the past participle meegewerkt formed in this sentence?
Meegewerkt comes from the separable verb meewerken (to cooperate). To make the past participle, we split the prefix (mee-) and the verb (werken), and inject -ge- in the middle. So, mee + ge + werkt becomes meegewerkt.
Why does meegewerkt end with a -t instead of a -d?
To decide if a regular past participle gets a -t or a -d, we look at the root of the verb. The root is werk, ending in k. Because k is a voiceless consonant (which you can remember using the 't kofschip rule), we add a -t.
If I want to look up the verb for "cooperated" in the dictionary, what do I search for?
You should look for meewerken. Because it is a separable verb, it splits in a simple present tense sentence (like de buurt werkt mee). But in the dictionary, the prefix mee is always attached to the front of the infinitive.
Why is meegewerkt placed at the very end of the sentence?
In Dutch, the present perfect tense uses two verbs. The helping verb (heeft) goes in the second position of the sentence, and the past participle (meegewerkt) is pushed all the way to the end.
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