Breakdown of Heb jij die kosmische meteoor gerangschikt?
jij
you
hebben
to have
die
that / those (de-words and plurals)
rangschikken
to classify / to arrange (in order)
Questions & Answers about Heb jij die kosmische meteoor gerangschikt?
Why is the past participle gerangschikt instead of ranggeschikt?
The verb rangschikken (to classify or arrange) is an inseparable back-formation. Even though it looks like a separable compound verb made of rang and schikken, it is actually treated as a single, inseparable root. Therefore, it follows the standard rule for past participles and places the ge- prefix at the very beginning.
If rangschikken is inseparable, how does it behave in a normal present tense sentence?
You treat it just like any regular verb and never split it. For example, you would say ik rangschik (I classify) or hij rangschikt, rather than breaking it apart into ik schik rang.
Why is it kosmische with an -e added to the end?
Meteoor is a de-word (de meteoor). When an adjective modifies a de-word and is preceded by a definite pointing word like die (that), the adjective must take the -e ending.
How does rangschikken differ from a similar verb like sorteren?