Breakdown of Die Firma hat meine Bewerbung schon bekommen.
haben
to have
mein
my
schon
already
die Firma
the company
bekommen
to receive / to get (be given)
die Bewerbung
the job application
Questions & Answers about Die Firma hat meine Bewerbung schon bekommen.
Why doesn't the past participle of bekommen have a ge- at the beginning?
Verbs that start with an inseparable prefix, like be-, er-, or ver-, do not take the ge- prefix in the perfect tense. Because of this, the past participle of bekommen is simply bekommen.
Wait, doesn't bekommen mean to become?
No, this is a very common false friend! The German verb bekommen means to get or to receive. If you want to say to become in German, you must use the verb werden.
How can I easily remember the gender for Bewerbung?
The noun Bewerbung ends in -ung. Every single German noun that ends in the -ung suffix is feminine, so it will always take die.
Why is the word schon placed near the end of the sentence?
In German, time adverbs like schon (already) usually come after the conjugated verb and the direct object (meine Bewerbung), but they must stay before the past participle (bekommen) which is pushed to the very end.
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