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Ik zag patat etende mensen op straat.
I saw people on the street eating fries.
Ik zag een keurig met mes en vork etend kind in het restaurant.
I saw a child in the restaurant eating very properly with knife and fork.
Blaffende honden bijten niet.
Barking dogs don’t bite.
Note: Only in combination with a het-word and an indefinite article
or without an article, does the present participle as adjective have no -e
ending: een slapend kind ‘a sleeping child’, een boeiend boek ‘a fascinating
book’, kokend water ‘boiling water’.
The present participle as an adverb
When used independently as an adverb, the present participle usually
appears in its basic form, verb infinitive + -d, and sometimes with the
ending -de, for example when preceded by the word al or in fixed expressions.
Examples:
Al doende leert men.
You learn it by doing it.
De snurkende broer.
The
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