Breakdown of Hast du das Gepäck vom Flughafen mitgebracht?
du
you (informal singular)
haben
to have
mitbringen
to bring along
vom
from the (von + dem) / of the (belonging to) / by the (agent in a passive clause)
Questions & Answers about Hast du das Gepäck vom Flughafen mitgebracht?
How is the past participle mitgebracht formed?
It comes from the separable verb mitbringen (to bring along). To make the past participle of a separable verb, the -ge- is sandwiched between the prefix (mit-) and the verb stem. Because bringen is an irregular verb, its stem changes to -bracht. Putting it all together gives us mit-ge-bracht.
Why are hast and mitgebracht at opposite ends of the sentence?
This is the standard word order for the German spoken past tense (Perfekt). The helping verb (hast) goes at the beginning because it is a yes/no question, and the past participle (mitgebracht) is pushed all the way to the very end of the sentence.
What does vom stand for?
vom is a contraction of von (from) and dem (the). The preposition von always triggers the dative case. Since Flughafen (airport) is a masculine noun, 'the' changes from der to dem. Instead of saying von dem, German speakers usually shorten it to vom.
Is Flughafen a compound word?
Yes! It is made of der Flug (the flight) and der Hafen (the port or harbor). So, an airport in German is literally a 'flight port'.