Word
Het weekend is altijd leuk.
Meaning
The weekend is always fun.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Het weekend is altijd leuk.
Why does this sentence use the singular verb "is" when the current lesson is about plural verbs?
The subject of this sentence is het weekend (the weekend), which is singular, so it requires the singular verb is. If we were talking about multiple weekends, we would use the plural noun and the plural verb zijn (are): De weekenden zijn altijd leuk.
Why is it het weekend and not de weekend?
Dutch has two words for "the": de and het. Every noun is assigned one or the other. Even though weekend is a word borrowed directly from English, it was adopted into Dutch as a "het-word" (a neuter noun). Whenever you learn a new Dutch noun, it is best to memorize the article that goes with it!
Is weekend pronounced exactly like it is in English?
It is very similar because it is an English loanword, but with a slight Dutch twist. In Dutch grammar rules, when a word ends in the letter d, it is pronounced as a "t" sound. So, you will hear Dutch speakers pronounce this word closer to "weekent".
Why does the word altijd (always) come after the verb is?
In a standard Dutch sentence, the main conjugated verb must take the second position. Since the subject Het weekend takes up the first spot, the verb is comes second. Adverbs of time like altijd are then placed immediately after the verb.