Word
Zum Glück ist alles schon erledigt.
Meaning
Fortunately, everything is already done.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Zum Glück ist alles schon erledigt.
sein
to be
schon
already
alles
everything
zum Glück
luckily, fortunately
Questions & Answers about Zum Glück ist alles schon erledigt.
Why is the verb ist used here instead of wird for the passive voice?
This is the stative passive (Zustandspassiv). Using a form of sein (here, ist) plus the past participle (erledigt) describes a completed state or result: the work is finished. If we used werden (wird), it would be the dynamic passive (Vorgangspassiv), meaning the action is happening right now: "everything is being done."
Why doesn't the past participle erledigt start with ge-?
erledigt comes from the verb erledigen (to handle / to take care of). Verbs that begin with inseparable prefixes like er-, be-, ver-, or ent- never take a ge- in their past participle form. They just end in -t (if regular) or -en (if irregular).
How does Zum Glück translate to "fortunately"?
Literally, it means "to the luck" or "to the happiness." It is a very common fixed expression formed by the preposition zu + the dative article dem (contracted to zum) and the neuter noun das Glück.
Why is the subject alles placed after the verb ist?