Breakdown of Ik heb de kapotte deur gerepareerd.
Questions & Answers about Ik heb de kapotte deur gerepareerd.
Most regular Dutch verbs that end in -eren form the past participle by adding ge- at the front and -d at the end (because the stem ends in a voiced consonant). So:
• Stem: repareer
• + ge- prefix + -d suffix → gerepareerd
In Dutch main clauses with a perfect tense, the structure is:
Subject – auxiliary – object – past participle.
Here: Ik (subject) – heb (auxiliary) – de kapotte deur (object) – gerepareerd (past participle).
Yes! When you use gerepareerd adjectivally before a noun, it also takes the -e ending because it’s a definite form:
de gerepareerde deur (“the repaired door”).
Here gerepareerd behaves like any other adjective that precedes a noun.
• kapotte: stress on the first syllable KA-pot-te. The double t indicates a short a sound.
• gerepareerd: ge-re-pa-reerd, stress on the last syllable reerd. The double ee signals a long /eː/ sound.