Word
We hebben de levering uitgeladen die gisteren is aangekomen.
Meaning
We have unloaded the delivery that arrived yesterday.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of We hebben de levering uitgeladen die gisteren is aangekomen.
zijn
to be
hebben
to have
aankomen
to arrive
gisteren
yesterday
Questions & Answers about We hebben de levering uitgeladen die gisteren is aangekomen.
Why does the word uitgeladen have ge in the middle?
Uitgeladen is the past participle of the separable verb uitladen (to unload). With separable verbs, the prefix (uit) separates from the base verb (laden), and the ge used for past participles goes right between them.
Why do we use die instead of dat for 'that' in this sentence?
Die is a relative pronoun pointing back to de levering (the delivery). Because levering is a de word, we must use die to say 'that' or 'which'. If it were a het word, we would use dat.
Why is the auxiliary verb is used with aangekomen instead of heeft?
The verb aankomen (to arrive) uses zijn (to be) instead of hebben (to have) to form the perfect tense. This is common in Dutch for verbs that describe a movement from one destination to another or a clear change of state.
Could I put the relative clause earlier, like 'We hebben de levering die gisteren is aangekomen uitgeladen'?