Breakdown of Welcher Investor hat das kürzlich fertiggestellte Gebäude gekauft?
kaufen
to buy
haben
to have
das Gebäude
the building
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
welcher
which (welcher, welche, welches, welchen, welchem...)
kürzlich
recently
fertigstellen
to complete (manufacturing, construction)
der Investor
the investor
Questions & Answers about Welcher Investor hat das kürzlich fertiggestellte Gebäude gekauft?
How does the extended participle attribute work in the phrase das kürzlich fertiggestellte Gebäude?
In German, you can pack extra information between an article (das) and its noun (Gebäude). Here, the past participle fertiggestellte acts as an adjective. Any words that describe that participle, like the adverb kürzlich (recently), must be placed directly in front of it. This creates the sandwich structure typical of extended attributes: article + modifiers + participle + noun.
Why does fertiggestellt have an -e at the end here?
When a past participle is used as an adjective directly in front of a noun, it needs an adjective ending. Gebäude is a neuter noun in the accusative case here (it is the thing being bought). Because it follows the definite article das, the participle takes the weak adjective ending -e, making it fertiggestellte.
How is the core participle fertiggestellt formed?
It comes from the separable verb fertigstellen (to complete or finish). When forming the past participle of a separable verb, the standard -ge- is inserted right between the separable prefix (fertig-) and the verb stem (-stellt), resulting in fertiggestellt.
Why is the question word Welcher used instead of Welchen?
The noun Investor is masculine, and in this sentence, the investor is the subject (the person doing the buying). Because the subject must be in the nominative case, the interrogative article welch- takes the masculine nominative ending -er.
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