Breakdown of Ich wollte den reparierten Schlitten nehmen.
ich
I
nehmen
to take
wollen
to want
reparieren
to repair
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
der Schlitten
the sled
Questions & Answers about Ich wollte den reparierten Schlitten nehmen.
How is the word reparierten formed here?
It comes from the past participle of the verb reparieren (to repair). By putting the participle repariert in front of a noun, you turn it into an adjective meaning "repaired".
Why does repariert get an -en ending here?
Once a past participle acts as an adjective before a noun, it follows standard adjective declension rules. Schlitten (sled) is masculine and in the accusative case here because it is the direct object of the sentence. After the definite accusative article den, the adjective takes the weak ending -en, giving us reparierten.
Why doesn't the past participle of reparieren have a ge- prefix?
Verbs that end in -ieren, like reparieren or studieren, do not take the ge- prefix when forming the past participle. They just get a -t at the end, which is why it is repariert and not gerepariert.
Why is the verb nehmen at the very end of the sentence?
This is a quick refresher on modal verbs! The sentence uses the conjugated modal verb wollte (wanted) in the second position. In German main clauses, this pushes the main action verb (nehmen) to the very end of the sentence in its infinitive form.
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