Word
De hond heeft zich goed aangepast aan het appartement.
Meaning
The dog has adapted well to the apartment.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of De hond heeft zich goed aangepast aan het appartement.
de hond
the dog
hebben
to have
goed
good
aan
to (recipient)
Questions & Answers about De hond heeft zich goed aangepast aan het appartement.
Why does this sentence use heeft instead of is for the present perfect?
Even though adapting implies a change of state (which often uses zijn), all reflexive verbs in Dutch use hebben in the present perfect tense. Because the verb is zich aanpassen (to adapt oneself), you must use heeft.
Why do we use zich here, and why does it go right after heeft?
Zich is the reflexive pronoun for the third person (he, she, it, they), referring back to de hond. In a normal main clause, the reflexive pronoun is placed directly after the conjugated verb, which is heeft in this sentence.
How is the past participle aangepast formed?
It comes from the separable verb aanpassen (to adapt). To make the past participle, the -ge- is placed between the prefix (aan) and the verb stem (past), creating aangepast.
Why do we see the word aan twice in different ways (aangepast aan)?