Breakdown of Фасад, восстановленный недавно, выглядит отлично.
отлично
excellently
недавно
recently
выглядеть
to look, to appear
фасад
facade
Questions & Answers about Фасад, восстановленный недавно, выглядит отлично.
If I wanted to use a который clause instead of the participle, how would this sentence look?
You would say: Фасад, который недавно восстановили, выглядит отлично (using an impersonal plural 'which they restored') or Фасад, который был восстановлен недавно (using the passive voice). The participle восстановленный is a more concise, formal way to express this passive meaning.
Why does восстановленный end in -ый and have a double н?
It is a past passive participle formed from the perfective verb восстановить (to restore). Past passive participles formed from perfective verbs take a double н. The ending -ый shows it is in the full form and matches the masculine, singular, nominative noun it modifies, which is фасад.
Why are there commas around восстановленный недавно?
In Russian, when a participle phrase comes right after the noun it modifies (in this case, фасад), it must be set off by commas. If you moved the phrase before the noun to say Недавно восстановленный фасад выглядит отлично, you would drop the commas.