Dieses Buch gehört Martin.
This book belongs to Martin.
Past participles
Verbs with inseparable prefixes don’taddge-when forming their past
participle:
Sie hat das nicht bereut.
She hasn’t regretted it.
Paul hat gestern seinen Pass verloren.
Paul lost his passport yesterday.
Verbs with variable prefixes
There are also some prefixes which can either be separable or insepar-
able. They include:
durch- durchlassen(sep.) to let through
durchdenken(insep.) to think through
über- überkochen(sep.) to boil over
übernachten(insep.) to stay overnight
um- umfallen(sep.) to fall over
umarmen(insep.) to embrace
unter- untergehen(sep.) to sink
unterrichten(insep.) to teach
wieder- wiedersehen(sep.) to see again
wiederholen(insep.) to repeat
wider- widerspiegeln(sep.) to reflect
widersprechen(insep.) to contradict
Here are some of them in use:
Die Suppe kochte über.
The soup was boiling over.
Sie übernachteten in einem Hotel.
They stayed overnight in a hotel.
62 Unit 8: Verbs with separable and inseparable prefixes