Breakdown of Die kleur is heel mooi.
zijn
to be
mooi
beautiful
heel
very
die
that / those (de-words and plurals)
Questions & Answers about Die kleur is heel mooi.
Why is it Die kleur and not Dat kleur?
Kleur is a de word (de kleur). For de words, we use die to say "that". This perfectly matches the current lesson on how we ask "which": because it is a de word, you would ask welke kleur (which color) instead of welk kleur.
I thought heel meant "whole" or "entire"?
It does! But in Dutch, heel is also the standard word for "very". When you put it right before an adjective, like in heel mooi (very beautiful) or heel goed (very good), it translates to "very".
Why doesn't mooi get an -e at the end here?
Adjectives only get an extra -e when they are placed directly before the noun they describe, like in een mooie kleur (a beautiful color). Because mooi comes later in the sentence after the verb is, it stays in its basic dictionary form.