🇳🇱 holandês · B2 · Arts & Culture

Music and emotions

15 min de leitura · tegenwoordig deelwoord · voltooid deelwoord als bijvoeglijk naamwoord

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Vocabulário

ontroerendmoving/touching
ontroerdmoved/touched
fascinerendfascinating
gefascineerdfascinated
verrassendsurprising
verrastsurprised
overweldigendoverwhelming
overweldigdoverwhelmed
de melodiethe melody
het ritmethe rhythm
de componistthe composer
de uitvoeringthe performance

Music and Emotions: Participles as Adjectives

Dutch participles work as adjectives in two forms: the present participle (-end) describes the cause, while the past participle (-d/-t) describes the effect on someone.

Ontroerend (moving) vs ontroerd (moved): De muziek was ontroerend (The music was moving) vs Ik was ontroerd (I was moved). The music causes the emotion; the person experiences it.

Fascinerend (fascinating) vs gefascineerd (fascinated): Een fascinerend concert (A fascinating concert) vs Ik was gefascineerd door het concert (I was fascinated by the concert).

When used before nouns, add -e: een ontroerende melodie (a moving melody), de gefascineerde toeschouwer (the fascinated spectator). Exception: after een with het-words, no -e: een ontroerend lied (a moving song).

Common pairs: verrassend/verrast (surprising/surprised), teleurstellend/teleurgesteld (disappointing/disappointed), overweldigend/overweldigd (overwhelming/overwhelmed), boeiend/geboeid (captivating/captivated).

Expressões

De muziek was diep ontroerendThe music was deeply moving
Ik was overweldigd door de uitvoeringI was overwhelmed by the performance
Een verrassend goed debuutalbumA surprisingly good debut album
De componist weet te boeienThe composer manages to captivate
Het was een teleurstellend concertIt was a disappointing concert
Ik ben gefascineerd door zijn stijlI am fascinated by his style

Erros frequentes

~~De muziek was ontroerd~~
De muziek was ontroerend
The music causes the emotion, so use -end (ontroerend). Ontroerd is for the person feeling it.
~~Ik was verrassend door het concert~~
Ik was verrast door het concert
The person experiences the surprise, so use the past participle verrast, not verrassend.
~~Een ontroerend melodie~~
Een ontroerende melodie
Melodie is a de-word, so the adjective needs -e: ontroerende.
~~Het was een teleurgesteld concert~~
Het was een teleurstellend concert
The concert causes disappointment, so use -end (teleurstellend). Teleurgesteld is for the person.
~~Ik was gefascineert door de muziek~~
Ik was gefascineerd door de muziek
The correct past participle spelling is gefascineerd (with -eerd), not gefascineert.

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