====== Participles as adjectives ======

You probably know two types of participles

  - the **present participle**, which is formed using the verb + -ing, e.g. //interesting//
  - the **past participle**, which is formed using the verb + -ed (or the third verb form with irregular verbs), e.g. //interested//

  * You meet the present participle in progressive forms: //I am **watching** TV//
  * The past participle is part of present perfect forms: //I have **watched** a lot of TV in my life//


===== Participles as adjectives =====

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Participles can also be used as adjectives. Any verb can be turned into an adjective when you use it to form one of the two participle forms. 
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==== Present participles as adjectives ====

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|I saw an **boring** movie yesterday.|verb: to bore [langweilen] → present participle as adjective: boring |
|Helen told me about a **fascinating** book this morning. |verb: to fascinate [faszinieren] → present participle as adjective: fascinating|

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The present participle as an adjective has an **active** meaning (the movie bores me, the book fascinates me). 

The //object of the participle// (Here: “movie”, “book”) is the cause [Ursache] or the giver of a feeling: The movie gives me the feeling of boredom [Langeweile].  

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==== Past participles as adjectives ====

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|During the movie I got very **bored** [gelangweilt] .|verb: to bore → past participle as adjective: bored|
|When I read the book myself, I was also **fascinated**| verb: to fascinate → past participle as adjective: fascinated|

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The past participle as an adjective has an **passive** meaning (I was bored by the movie, I was fascinated by the book). 

The //object of the participle// (here: “I” in both sentences) is the result [Ergebnis] or the receiver [Empfänger] of a feeling: I get the feeling of boredom [Langeweile] from the movie. 
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