Voltooid deelwoord
Regular (weak) verbs: ge- + stem + -d or -t. Irregular (strong) verbs: ge- + changed stem + -en. A handful of verbs are unpredictable (brengen → gebracht, denken → gedacht) and must simply be learnt.
Most verbs use hebben. Verbs of motion to a destination or change of state use zijn. A useful check: did something move from A to B, or change from one state to another?
In a Dutch main clause the auxiliary sits in position 2 and the past participle goes to the very end. Time and place expressions slot in between them.
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