Breakdown of Toen kreeg zij de bekeuring thuisgestuurd.
zij
she
krijgen
to get (receive)
toen
when / then (in the past)
thuissturen
to send home
de bekeuring
the traffic ticket
Questions & Answers about Toen kreeg zij de bekeuring thuisgestuurd.
How does the passive with krijgen work in this sentence?
In Dutch, krijgen (to get) is combined with a past participle (here, thuisgestuurd) to form the benefactive passive. This focuses on the receiver of an action. The subject (zij) is the person receiving the ticket, just like saying 'she got the ticket sent' in English.
Could I use werd instead of kreeg here to make it passive?
Using werd would sound awkward here. If you use worden for a regular passive sentence, the thing being acted upon (the ticket) usually becomes the subject. The krijgen passive lets the person receiving the item remain the subject, which is often much more natural in Dutch.
Why is the word order kreeg zij instead of zij kreeg?
Because the sentence starts with Toen (then). When you put an adverb or phrase in the first position instead of the subject, it triggers inversion. The verb (kreeg) must swap places with the subject (zij) to remain in the second position.
How is the word thuisgestuurd formed?
It is the past participle of the separable verb thuissturen (to send home). To form the past participle of a separable verb, the ge- prefix is placed between the separable prefix (thuis) and the verb stem, resulting in the single word thuisgestuurd.
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