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How do you form Participle II? Where is Participle II found in a sentence? When do you need this form? 

• Education

Participle II is formed differently for regular and irregular verbs. 

Regular verbs are prefixed with ge- and at the end -t.

Example: malen (infinitive) - gemalt( pastparticiple II)

With irregular verbs, things are a little more complicated. Sometimes at the end -en or the vowels in the verb stem are changed

Example: read (infinitive) -read (participle II)
speak (infinitive) -spoken (participle II)

In our German courses you will be given a list of irregular verbs and together with other participants and qualified teachers you can practise enough.

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• Meaning/ Use

Participle II is used for various grammatical forms.

It can, as in our examples, express the past perfect. Another option for Partizip II is passive - when the action is more important than the person acting. Finally, participle II can also occur as an adjective, in which case it is given an ending if it occurs before the noun.

• Participle II in a sentence

Participle II is not conjugated and always comes at the end of the sentence, regardless of whether it is a statement or a question.

Statement: Tobias has read the book read the book.

W question: Why did Tobias read the book read the book?

Yes/no question: Has Tobias read the book read the book?

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