Breakdown of Op maandag wordt de lavendel geoogst en met water verdund.
en
and
het water
the water
met
with
op
on
maandag
Monday
worden
to become
oogsten
to harvest
de lavendel
the lavender
verdunnen
to dilute
Questions & Answers about Op maandag wordt de lavendel geoogst en met water verdund.
Why is the auxiliary verb omitted in the second half of the sentence?
When you join two parts of a sentence with en (and) that share the exact same subject (de lavendel) and auxiliary verb (wordt), you do not need to repeat them. The sentence behaves as if it says ...en de lavendel wordt met water verdund but naturally drops the redundant words.
Why doesn't the past participle verdund get a ge- prefix like geoogst does?
Verbs that start with an inseparable prefix like be-, er-, her-, ont-, or ver- never take a ge- in their past participle form. Because the infinitive is verdunnen, the past participle is simply verdund.
Why is wordt placed before de lavendel here?
Because the sentence starts with the time phrase Op maandag, Dutch requires inversion. The conjugated verb (wordt) must be in the second position of the main clause, which pushes the subject (de lavendel) to the third position.
Why does geoogst end with a 't' while verdund ends with a 'd'?
This is a great place to recall the 't kofschip rule. The stem of oogsten (to harvest) ends in an 's' (from oogst-), which is a voiceless consonant inside 't kofschip, so it takes a '-t'. The stem of verdunnen (to dilute) ends in 'n' (from verdun-), which is voiced and not in 't kofschip, so it gets a '-d'.
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