| Grammar Notes: Deze foto toont een libelle op een rots. - Deze – this (demonstrative pronoun, feminine or plural) - foto – photo (noun, singular, common gender) - toont – shows (verb, present tense of "tonen," which means "to show") - een – a (indefinite article) - libelle – dragonfly (noun, singular, feminine gender) - op – on (preposition) - een – a (indefinite article) - rots – rock (noun, singular, common gender) De weerspiegeling van de libelle is te zien in het water onder de rots. - De – the (definite article, singular) - weerspiegeling – reflection (noun, singular, feminine gender) - van – of (preposition) - de – the (definite article, singular) - libelle – dragonfly (noun, singular, feminine gender) - is – is (verb, present tense of "zijn," meaning "to be") - te zien – to be seen (infinitive form of the verb "zien," meaning "to see," combined with "te," which is often used with infinitives to express the idea of "can" or "possible") - in – in (preposition) - het – the (definite article, neuter gender, singular) - water – water (noun, singular, neuter gender) - onder – under (preposition) - de – the (definite article, singular) - rots – rock (noun, singular, common gender) Grammar tip: In Dutch, word order can differ from English. Dutch generally follows a Subject-Verb-Object pattern in main clauses, but in subordinate clauses or when the verb is an infinitive, the word order changes. For example, in "te zien," the verb "zien" (to see) is placed at the end of the phrase after "te." Related words: - Foto (photo) – Afbeelding (image, picture) - Libelle (dragonfly) – Vlieg (fly), Bij (bee) - Rots (rock) – Steen (stone), Berg (mountain) |
