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Participles<br />
The past participle and the present participle can be used as adjectives.<br />
Examples:<br />
Erik liep met een dampende kop koffie van Starbucks naar zijn geparke<strong>er</strong>de<br />
auto.<br />
With a steaming cup of coffee from Starbucks, Erik walked to his<br />
parked car.<br />
Bij de auto zag hij tot zijn <strong>er</strong>g<strong>er</strong>nis de gebroken voorruit.<br />
At the car, to his annoyance, he saw the broken windshield.<br />
In de v<strong>er</strong>te zag hij twee wegrennende jongetjes.<br />
In the distance he could see two boys running away.<br />
Note: When the past participle ends in -en, the adjective doesn’t get the<br />
ending -e.<br />
Prefixes<br />
Prefixes can give adjectives a diff<strong>er</strong>ent meaning. Examples are those that<br />
make an adjective’s meaning negative or those that make it strong<strong>er</strong>.<br />
Examples:<br />
De buurman links is een onaardige vent.<br />
The neighbor to the left is an unfriendly guy.<br />
De informatie in dit artikel is incorrect.<br />
The information in this article is incorrect.<br />
Die nieuwe dominee is aartscons<strong>er</strong>vatief.<br />
That new vicar is highly cons<strong>er</strong>vative.<br />
Sanne heeft een hyp<strong>er</strong>mod<strong>er</strong>n fornuis.<br />
Sanne has a hyp<strong>er</strong>mod<strong>er</strong>n stove.<br />
Common prefixes with a negative meaning<br />
on- onbekend unknown, onbeleefd impolite<br />
niet-, non- niet-demokratisch undemocratic, non-actief not active<br />
in- (ir-, im-) inactief inactive, irreëel irreal, immoreel immoral<br />
a- asociaal asocial, atonaal atonal<br />
Participles<br />
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