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In de studio wordt er live gepresenteerd.

In de studio wordt er live gepresenteerd.
Presenting is done live in the studio.
From Lesson 141:Impersonal passive voice (er wordt...)·Dutch

Questions & Answers about In de studio wordt er live gepresenteerd.

Why is er used here if the English translation doesn't say "there"?
This sentence uses the impersonal passive voice. Dutch uses wordt er plus a past participle (like gepresenteerd) to say that an action happens, without saying who is doing it. While it literally translates to "there is presented," in English we usually rephrase this as "presenting is done" or "people present."
Why is the verb wordt placed before er?
Because the sentence starts with a place phrase (In de studio). In Dutch, when you start a sentence with anything other than the subject, the verb and subject swap places (this is called inversion). Here, the helper verb wordt must take the second position, so the subject er comes right after it.
Why use wordt for the passive voice instead of is?
In Dutch, the passive voice for an ongoing or general action is formed with the verb worden (to become), not zijn (to be). Using wordt ... gepresenteerd means the action of presenting is happening right now or generally happens there.
Why does gepresenteerd go all the way at the end of the sentence?
In a Dutch sentence with a helper verb (like wordt), the main action verb in its past participle form (here, gepresenteerd) is always kicked to the very end of the sentence.
Is the word live pronounced the same as in English?
Yes! Dutch borrows a lot of English words, especially in media and technology. Live is pronounced exactly like the English word and is used as an adverb here to describe how the presenting is done.

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