Ik zie geen wolken.

From Lesson 17:Plural nouns (-en)·Dutch

Breakdown of Ik zie geen wolken.

ik
I
geen
no / not any
zien
to see
de wolk
the cloud

Questions & Answers about Ik zie geen wolken.

How do we form the plural of wolk in this sentence?
To make most Dutch nouns plural, you add -en to the end of the singular word. The singular is wolk, so the plural is simply wolken.
Why doesn't the spelling of the word change when adding -en to make wolken?
Because the singular word wolk ends in two consonants (l and k), adding -en doesn't change how the short o is pronounced. In some words, you have to double a consonant to keep a vowel sound short, but here the two consonants already do that job.
Why do we use geen instead of niet for negation here?
In Dutch, geen is used to negate a noun that doesn't have a specific article like de or het (the). It translates perfectly to 'no' or 'not any'. Since we are saying 'no clouds' rather than 'not the clouds', we must use geen.
What is the full dictionary form of the verb zie?
The full dictionary form (the infinitive) of the verb 'to see' is zien. To make the ik (I) form, you simply drop the final -n from the end, giving you zie.

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