2
and 'het'
2
3
for the definite article 'the.'
Plurals always take 'de' and diminutives verkleinwoordjes
2
3
4
(words ending in -je) always take 'het'
but there are no other good rules for which words take
'het'
— you'll just have to memorize the 'het'-words —
about a third of Dutch nouns.
'Het' is often pronounced as " 't "
with 'voiceless, unstressed E'
(the 'schwa') but it's not often written that way.
The indefinite artice 'a' — Dutch
'een'
is contrary to spelling
rules pronounced
with 'voiceless, unstressed E'
(the 'schwa') and not the 'long E'
you'd expect from the spelling — but it's almost never written
that way as " 'n "
.
'One, #1, quantity: one' is written as
één
2
3
De / het is also important with adjectives:
Adjectives in most cases have an
E-ending
— except when used for 'het-words' in the
singular after een / 'n
- geen
('no, not a,' zero quantity) or no article, for instance:
| het lange verhaal |
|
the long story |
| een lang verhaal |
|
a long story |
| geen lang verhaal |
|
not a long story |
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Gij zult niet stelen
'Thou shalt not steal'