Breakdown of Waarom heb je elke kleine fout in het concept uitvergroot?
klein
small
hebben
to have
in
in
waarom
why
de fout
the mistake
je
you (unstressed form of jij)
elk
each, every
het concept
the draft
uitvergroten
to magnify / to exaggerate (blow out of proportion)
Questions & Answers about Waarom heb je elke kleine fout in het concept uitvergroot?
Why is the past participle uitvergroot instead of uitgevergroot?
The verb is uitvergroten (to magnify or exaggerate). It is a separable verb starting with uit-, but the base verb starts with the inseparable prefix ver-. Because ver- is unstressed, the past participle skips the usual -ge- addition. You just attach uit- to the past participle of vergroten, which is vergroot.
Does concept mean the same thing as the English word "concept"?
It can, but it is often a "false friend". While it can mean an abstract idea, in a writing or business context like this one, het concept means a "draft" (such as a rough draft of a document or plan).
Why do we say elke kleine fout instead of elk klein fout?
Fout is a de word (de fout). For de words, "every" translates to elke, and any adjective in between gets an -e ending (kleine). If it were a het word, you would use elk and drop the -e on the adjective (like elk klein detail).
Why does the past participle uitvergroot end in a -t?
To find the past participle ending, you look at the basic verb vergroten. When you remove the -en, the stem is vergroot. Since the stem already ends in a -t, the past participle simply keeps that -t.
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