Breakdown of Wir haben das neue Produkt in der Fabrik produziert.
in
in
haben
to have
wir
we
neu
new
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
die Fabrik
the factory
produzieren
to produce
das Produkt
the product
Questions & Answers about Wir haben das neue Produkt in der Fabrik produziert.
Since this lesson is about the passive voice, how would I say 'The new product is produced' using this vocabulary?
You would make the object (das neue Produkt) the subject, use the helping verb werden conjugated for it, and keep the past participle at the end: Das neue Produkt wird in der Fabrik produziert.
Why doesn't the past participle produziert start with ge- like most verbs in the perfect tense?
German verbs that end in -ieren, such as produzieren (to produce) or studieren (to study), never take the ge- prefix in their past participle form. They simply end in -t.
Why is the adjective ending -e in das neue Produkt?
Because das Produkt is a neuter noun and the definite article (das) already clearly shows the gender and case (accusative, since it is the direct object). Therefore, the adjective only needs the 'weak' ending, which is just -e.
Why is it in der Fabrik (dative) when the sentence describes the active process of producing?
The preposition in is a two-way preposition. Even though there is an action, the producing happens entirely within a fixed location. Because it answers the question 'where at?' (wo?) rather than 'where to?' (wohin?), it requires the dative case (der Fabrik).
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