Participle perfect the passive
the participle perfect the passive, briefly PPP, is a special verb form. The PPP expresses that something was done .
Examples in German:
With regular verbs
| present infinitive | PPP |
| set | set |
| place | posed |
| put | put |
with irregular verbs
| present infinitive | PPP |
| sit | sat |
| stand | confessed |
| lie | convenient |
In latin the PPP form marks a time relationship to the verb of the sentence due to it:
the activity of the PPP indicates then a temporal ahead gone activity. Ex.:
Barbari accedebant arcessiti. = the barbarians moved close to assistance called. I.e.:After the barbarians had been called to assistance, they moved close.
In addition, the PPP is substantivisch used .
| Infinitive present asset | PPP |
| componere (build up) | compositum (the building up) |
| necare (kill) | necatus (/a Getötete/r) |
Many derivatives from the old languages are substantiviert over this (word) master form „“into Germanand many other („exports European) languages “.
See also: Participle, word trunk
