Word
Ik zie dat de fabriek is gesloopt.
Meaning
I see that the factory has been demolished.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Ik zie dat de fabriek is gesloopt.
Why does the sentence use is gesloopt to mean "has been demolished" without a word for "been"?
In Dutch, the present perfect passive is built using a form of zijn (here, is) and the past participle (gesloopt). Unlike English, Dutch doesn't use a literal translation of "been" (like geworden) in this tense. Using is + gesloopt automatically means "has been demolished".
Why are the verbs is gesloopt pushed all the way to the end?
Because of the word dat (that). It introduces a subordinate clause. A major rule in Dutch is that in a subordinate clause, all the verbs move to the very end of that clause.
Could I also say dat de fabriek gesloopt is?
Yes! When you have an auxiliary verb (is) and a past participle (gesloopt) at the end of a subordinate clause, you can put them in either order. Both is gesloopt and gesloopt is are completely correct and natural.
Why does the past participle gesloopt end in -t instead of -d?
The infinitive is slopen (to demolish). If you drop the -en, the stem ends in p (slop). Since p is a voiceless consonant (part of the famous "'t kofschip" rule), the past participle takes a -t.