Breakdown of Het beschadigde eigendom werd naar het kantoor gebracht.
naar
to
het kantoor
the office
het
it
brengen
to bring (to a destination)
worden
to become
beschadigen
to damage
het eigendom
the property
Questions & Answers about Het beschadigde eigendom werd naar het kantoor gebracht.
Why does beschadigde get an -e at the end if eigendom is a het-word?
Because it is preceded by the definite article het. Past participles acting as adjectives follow the normal adjective rules: they get an -e before a het-word if het, dit, or dat comes before them. If it used the indefinite article een, the -e would be dropped: een beschadigd eigendom.
The past participle is beschadigd. Why isn't it spelled beschadigdde when we add the -e?
When a past participle ends in -d or -t and is used as an adjective, you simply add one -e. Dutch spelling rules prevent writing -dde- or -tte- in these attributive participles, so beschadigd becomes beschadigde.
Why do we use werd here instead of was for "was brought"?
This sentence is in the simple past passive voice. While English uses "was" + past participle, Dutch uses the past tense of worden (werd) + the past participle (gebracht). If you wrote was gebracht, it would mean "had been brought" (the past perfect tense).
Why is gebracht at the very end of the sentence instead of next to werd?
In a Dutch main clause, the conjugated verb (werd) takes the second position. Any other verbs belonging to the same verb group, such as the past participle gebracht, are pushed to the very end of the clause.
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