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Does the question word waar always go at the beginning of the sentence?
Yes! Just like in English, question words like waar (where) almost always go at the very beginning of the sentence to show that you are asking a question.
Why does the verb is come before het hotel?
In Dutch, when you start a sentence with a question word like waar, the verb must come right after it in the second position. This pushes the subject (het hotel) to the third position. Luckily, this word order is exactly the same as the English 'Where is the hotel?'.
Why do we use het instead of de for the word hotel?
In Dutch, nouns use either de or het for the word 'the'. Hotel is a neuter noun, so it takes the article het. There isn't a strict rule to guess this, so it is always best to memorize the article and noun together as het hotel.
Is the Dutch word hotel pronounced exactly the same as in English?
It is very close but not quite identical. The spelling is the same, but in Dutch, the 'o' is a shorter, rounder sound, and the spoken emphasis is placed heavily on the second syllable (-tel).