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6.2.Non-main verbs selecting a participle
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There are basically two types of non-main verbs that select a participle: (i) the perfect auxiliaries hebbento have and zijnto be are used to form perfect tenses, and (ii) the passive auxiliaries wordento be, zijnto have been and krijgento get are used to form passive constructions. Examples of both types are given in (12); the perfect and the passive participle are homophonous. We will discuss the perfect and passive auxiliaries in separate sections.

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a. Jan heeft het boek gelezen.
perfect auxiliary
  Jan has the book read
  'Jan has read the book.'
b. Het boek wordt (door Jan) gelezen.
passive auxiliary
  the book is by Jan read
  'The book is read (by Jan).'

Note that present participles such as lopendwalking as in Hij is lopendHe is on foot are not verbal but adjectival elements, and cannot be used in the way of walking in He is walking; they are discussed (along with the past/passive participles in their adjectival use) in Section A31.

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