Word
Hij is jong, maar hij heeft veel geld.
Meaning
He is young, but he has a lot of money.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hij is jong, maar hij heeft veel geld.
zijn
to be
hij
he / it (referring to a 'de'-word)
maar
but
jong
young
Questions & Answers about Hij is jong, maar hij heeft veel geld.
Why do we use heeft here instead of hebben or hebt?
The verb is hebben (to have). Because the subject is hij (he), we use the singular form for he, she, or it, which is heeft. Hebben is the plural form (for we, they, or you plural), and hebt is used with jij (you singular).
Does the word maar change the word order in the second half of the sentence?
No, it doesn't! Maar (but) is a linking word that simply glues two normal sentences together without messing with their structure. The second part keeps the standard order: subject (hij) followed directly by the verb (heeft).
Why isn't it jonge with an -e at the end?
In Dutch, adjectives usually only get an added -e when they are placed directly before a noun (for example, if you were saying "the young man"). Because jong comes after the verb is to describe the subject, it just stays in its basic form.
Does veel translate to "much" or "many"?
It translates to both! Unlike English, Dutch uses veel for both uncountable things (like veel geld for "a lot of money") and countable things (like veel mensen for "many people").