Learn Dutch: De ober heeft geen menu's. - The waiter has no menus.

In Dutch, an apostrophe-s is often used to make plurals! When a singular word ends in a single open vowel (like a, i, o, u, or y), adding a normal attached s would change the spelling rules and make the vowel sound short. To keep the long u sound in menu, Dutch adds an apostrophe first: menu's.

Why do we use geen here instead of niet?

Geen is used to negate unspecified nouns, and it translates perfectly to "no" or "not any" in English. Because the sentence means the waiter has "no menus" (rather than "not the menus"), we must use geen instead of niet.

Why is the verb heeft instead of hebt?

The verb hebben (to have) is irregular. Because de ober (the waiter) is a "he" or "she" (third-person singular), we must use the form heeft. You would only use hebt for "you" (jij or u).

I learned the word kelner for waiter. Can I use that instead of ober?