Breakdown of De winkel verkoopt veertien jassen en vijftien truien.
en
and
verkopen
to sell
de winkel
the shop
de jas
the coat
de trui
the sweater
veertien
fourteen
vijftien
fifteen
Questions & Answers about De winkel verkoopt veertien jassen en vijftien truien.
Why is fourteen spelled veertien instead of viertien?
In Dutch, the word for 4 is vier, but 14 is a slight exception. The spelling changes to veer before adding tien (ten), making it veertien. However, 15 is completely regular: vijf (5) + tien = vijftien.
I learned that kopen means to buy. Is verkoopt related to that?
Yes! The verb here is verkopen (to sell). Adding the prefix ver- to kopen (to buy) changes its meaning to the exact opposite.
Why does jassen have a double 's', while the singular is just jas?
This is a spelling rule to keep the short 'a' sound. When a word ends in a single short vowel and one consonant (like jas), we double the final consonant before adding the plural -en. If we didn't do this, the 'a' would change to a long 'aa' sound.
Why does the verb end in a 't' (verkoopt)?
The subject of the sentence is De winkel (The store), which is a singular 'it'. For the 'he, she, or it' form in the present tense, we take the verb stem (verkoop) and add a -t at the end.
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