Breakdown of Na het rijbewijs te hebben aangevraagd, had ik geen geld meer.
ik
I
hebben
to have
het geld
the money
geen
no / not any
Questions & Answers about Na het rijbewijs te hebben aangevraagd, had ik geen geld meer.
Why does te hebben come before the past participle aangevraagd here?
In clauses starting with na (after), the standard word order places te hebben (or te zijn) directly before the past participle. This creates the perfect infinitive structure to show that the action was fully completed before the main part of the sentence.
Why does the main clause start with had ik instead of ik had?
How does geen geld meer translate to "no money left"?
Why does the past participle aangevraagd have ge in the middle?
The infinitive aanvragen (to apply for) is a separable verb. When forming the past participle of any separable verb, the ge prefix is sandwiched right between the separable part (aan) and the core verb (vraag), resulting in aangevraagd.