No. 4,706 in German
vorgelesen
"Vorgelesen" means "read aloud."
In a sentence
Ich habe gestern ein Kapitel aus dem Buch vorgelesen.
I read a chapter from the book aloud yesterday.
Here, 'vorgelesen' is used in the perfect tense (haben + past participle) to indicate that the action of reading aloud occurred in the past.
Das Märchen wird den Kindern vorgelesen.
The fairy tale is being read aloud to the children.
'Vorgelesen' functions as part of the passive voice construction (wird + past participle), indicating an action being performed on the subject.
Er bat mich, ihm einen Brief vorzulesen.
He asked me to read a letter to him aloud.
'Vorzulesen' appears in its infinitive form as it complements the verb 'bat' (past tense of 'bitten'), denoting the request to perform the act of reading aloud.
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