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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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