Breakdown of Is de omleiding duidelijk aangegeven?
zijn
to be
duidelijk
clear (obvious, comprehensible)
de omleiding
the detour
aangeven
to indicate
Questions & Answers about Is de omleiding duidelijk aangegeven?
The English translation says "has... been", but I don't see a Dutch word for "been". Where is it?
In the Dutch present perfect passive, the word for "been" (geworden) is left out. The verb zijn (here as is) combined with a past participle (aangegeven) is all you need to say that something "has been" done.
Why does this sentence use is to translate the English word "Has"?
Because it is a passive sentence. In Dutch, when an action is done to the subject (the detour was indicated by someone else, not itself), the present perfect tense is formed with the auxiliary verb zijn (to be) rather than hebben (to have).
Why does the verb aangegeven have ge right in the middle of it?
It is the past participle of the separable verb aangeven (to indicate). For separable verbs, the -ge- prefix used for past participles gets sandwiched between the separable prefix (aan) and the main verb (geven).
Duidelijk translates to "clearly" here. Why doesn't it have a special ending like the English "-ly"?
In Dutch, when you use an adjective to describe an action (acting as an adverb), you just use its basic, uninflected dictionary form. You never add an extra ending when it functions this way.
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