The door is open / opened.

[Marika33]

Is the past participle (the third form) of the verb "to open" "open" or "opened"?

In other words, which version of each sentence should I say (with "open" or "opened")?

1. The door has open / opened. (if it opened on its own).
2. The door has been open / opened. (if somebody did this).
3. The door is open / opened. (the current state of the door)

Why?

Let's do the same with the verb "to close" just to compare.

1. The door has close / closed. (if it closed on its own).
2. The door has been close / closed. (if somebody did this).
3. The door is close / closed. (the current state of the door)

 

[Piscean]

Is the past participle (the third form) of the verb "to open" "open" or "opened"?

Opened.

1. The door has open / opened. (if it opened on its own).
2. The door has been open / opened. (if somebody did this).
3. The door is open / opened. (the current state of the door)

1. The door has close / closed. (if it closed on its own).
2. The door has been close/ closed. (if somebody did this).
3. The door is close / closed. (the current state of the door)

 

[Marika33]

Opened.

That's what I thought. Thanks!

May I ask you, why is it that to talk about the current state of a door,
we say, "The door is open (not opened)", but "The door is closed (not close)"?

"It makes no sense, I agree. It's just the way we have always spoken", right?

 

[Piscean]

May I ask you, why is it that to talk about the current state of a door,
we say, "The door is open (not opened)", but "The door is closed (not close)"?

adjective - open; third form - opened;
adjective - closed; third form - closed.

 

[Marika33]

adjective - open; third form - opened;
adjective - closed; third form - closed.

Yeah, I got this already. I was just asking why.

 

[Piscean]

Yeah, I got this already.

Sorry I bothered.

 

[jutfrank]

I was just asking why.

You're looking for some kind of historical explanation? It's probably to do with the fact that open is Germanic in origin and closed comes through Old French.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is the past participle (the third form) of the verb "to open", "open" or "opened"?

In other words, which version of each sentence should I say use (with "open" or "opened")?

1. The door has open/opened. (if it opened on its own)
2. The door has been/open / opened. (if somebody did this)
3. The door is open/opened. (the current state of the door)

Why?

Let's do the same with the verb "to close" just to compare.

1. The door has close/closed. (if it closed on its own)
2. The door has been close/closed. (if somebody did this)
3. The door is close/closed. (the current state of the door)

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