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Topic test · B1

Partizip als Adjektiv test

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Er hat einen Job. (anstrengen)

He has a tiring job.

anstrengenden — Partizip I (anstrengend) takes adjective endings like any adjective. Because einen is masculine Akkusativ, the adjective takes -en: “a tiring job”.

Der Kaffee ist heiß. (kochen)

The boiling coffee is hot.

The coffee is still boiling (active) -> kochend + e (der Kaffee).

Ich kaufe einen Wagen. (gebrauchen)

I’m buying a used (second-hand) car.

The car has been used before (passive/finished) -> Partizip II (gebraucht) + Akkusativ der Wagen (-en).

Der Hund ist laut. (bellen)

The barking dog is loud.

The dog is barking by itself (active) -> Partizip I (bellend) + Nominativ (-e).

Wir reparieren das Radio. (kaputtgehen)

We’re repairing the broken radio.

The event is finished (it has broken) -> Partizip II (kaputtgegangen) + Akkusativ das (-e).

Er spricht mit der Frau. (weinen)

He’s talking to the crying woman.

Because weinen takes “haben”, it cannot form a Partizip II adjective (geweint). Because of the Dativ, the Partizip I takes -en (weinenden).

Hast du den Brief gelesen? (schreiben)

Have you read the written letter?

The letter has been written and is finished (passive) -> Partizip II (geschrieben) + Akkusativ den (-en).

Die Kinder spielen im Garten. (lachen)

The laughing children are playing in the garden.

Plural (die) Nominativ -> adjective ending -en (die lachenden).

Build the sentence: Don’t wake the sleeping baby. (das Baby)

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Sleeping (active) -> schlafend. das (Akk) -> schlafende.

das reparierende Auto — means “the repaired car”.

False. “reparierende” is Partizip I and means “repairing”. A car cannot repair itself. The correct form is “das reparierte Auto”.
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  1. Active = Partizip I, finished = Partizip II

    If the event is going on, add -d. Use Partizip II when a transitive verb expresses a passive/finished action, or when an intransitive verb with sein expresses an active but finished state.

    der kochende Kaffee (boiling), das eingeschlafene Baby (fallen asleep)

Traps

Commonly mixed up

Where a direct translation breaks. The hard questions come from here.

  • das gestohlende Auto

    das gestohlene Auto

    No extra -d ending is added to the Partizip II form.