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Dutch Text:
De foto toont een lieveheersbeestje op een groen blad van een appelboom.

English Translation:
The picture shows a ladybug on a green leaf of an apple tree.

Grammar Notes:
Grammar Lesson: Dutch Sentence Breakdown

Sentence: *De foto toont een lieveheersbeestje op een groen blad van een appelboom.*

### Word-by-Word Explanation:

1. De – *The* (definite article, neuter/common gender)
2. foto – *photo* (noun, feminine, plural: foto's)
3. toont – *shows* (verb, present tense, infinitive: *tonen*)
4. een – *a/an* (indefinite article)
5. lieveheersbeestje – *ladybug* (noun, neuter, diminutive form, plural: lieveheersbeestjes)
6. op – *on* (preposition)
7. een – *a/an* (indefinite article)
8. groen – *green* (adjective, neuter form)
9. blad – *leaf* (noun, neuter, plural: bladeren)
10. van – *of* (preposition)
11. een – *a/an* (indefinite article)
12. appelboom – *apple tree* (noun, masculine, plural: appelbomen)

### Grammar Tip:
- Adjective Agreement: In Dutch, adjectives before neuter nouns with *een* take no ending (*groen blad*), but with *het* (definite), they add *-e* (*het groene blad*).

### Related Words:
- boom – *tree*
- insect – *insect*
- kleur – *colour*
- natuur – *nature*
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