Word
De bank heeft de rente verhoogd.
Meaning
The bank has raised the interest.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of De bank heeft de rente verhoogd.
hebben
to have
de bank
the bank (financial institution)
de rente
the interest
verhogen
to raise
Questions & Answers about De bank heeft de rente verhoogd.
Why doesn't the past participle verhoogd start with ge-?
The infinitive verb is verhogen (to raise). Because it starts with the unstressed prefix ver-, it is an inseparable verb. Inseparable verbs with prefixes like be-, er-, ont-, and ver- do not get an extra ge- in their past participle form.
Why does verhoogd end in a -d instead of a -t?
To find the ending of a regular past participle, we check the stem of the verb. The infinitive is verhogen. If we drop the -en, the stem ends in g. Because g is not a voiceless consonant in the 't kofschip memory rule, the past participle gets a -d rather than a -t.
Why is verhoogd at the end of the sentence?
In the Dutch present perfect tense, the helping verb (heeft) takes the second position in the sentence, but the past participle (verhoogd) is pushed all the way to the end. This is why the literal order is 'The bank has the interest raised.'
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