Questions & Answers about Ik promootte het product en linkte naar de winkel.
Why does promootte have a double 'o' and a double 't'?
The verb is promoten (an English loanword). First, we find the stem by dropping -en. To keep the 'o' sounding long like it does in the infinitive, we have to double it: promoot. Next, because the stem ends in 't' (which is a consonant in 't kofschip), we add the past tense suffix -te. That gives us promootte (stem + past tense ending).
Does linken follow normal Dutch conjugation rules even though it's an English loanword?
Yes! Dutch treats English loanverbs exactly like regular Dutch verbs. We take the stem (link) and look at the last letter. Since 'k' is a voiceless consonant in 't kofschip, we add -te to form the singular past tense, resulting in linkte. We completely ignore the English "-ed" ending.
If I wanted to use the present perfect ("I have promoted"), what happens to the double 't'?
The double 't' disappears! To say "I have promoted", you would say Ik heb gepromoot. The stem is promoot. Because it already ends in a 't', the standard rule says we just add the ge- prefix to form the past participle. The double 't' only exists in the simple past because we are forced to add the -te suffix to a stem that already ends in 't'.
Why use naar for "linked to" instead of aan?