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active participle

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passive participle

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These participles can be used in conjunction with the verb to be, "esti", forming 18 compound tenses (9 active and 9 passive).
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This same reduction occurred in the participle form, where the syllable "ku" in "-kusee" (standard "-kute") was turned into a geminate "-ssee".
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This affected the past participles of classes 2-4.
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In contrast, when the participle is used as an adjective, it agrees in gender and number with the noun modified.
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The non-finite verb (infinitive or participle) remains in final position, but the finite (i.e. inflected) verb is moved to the second position.
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These are sentences using some form of the verb be with a verb in the past participle form.
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Most adjectives and pronouns, and all articles and participles, indicate the gender of the noun they reference or modify.
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The participle must agree with the subject in number and gender.
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Thus, unergative verbs can never use "zijn" as the auxiliary as their past participles can not be used as adjectives.
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The past participle is employed in the formation of compound tenses.
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