Learn Dutch: Ze wonen in een groen dorp. - They live in a green village.

Usually, adjectives placed in front of a noun get an -e added to the end. However, this sentence shows an important exception! When you have a het word (like het dorp) combined with een (a/an), the adjective does not get the extra -e. So it stays een groen dorp.

What happens to groen if we say 'the green village' instead of 'a green village'?

If we use het (the) instead of een (a/an), the adjective goes back to the normal rule and gets an -e. So 'the green village' is het groene dorp. The special exception of dropping the -e only happens with een (or when there is no article at all before a singular het word).

Is there a clue in this sentence that tells me dorp is a het word?

Yes! Because the adjective groen doesn't have an -e on the end after een, it tells you immediately that dorp must be a het word. If it were a de word, it would have to be een groene.... This is a really handy trick for figuring out noun genders when you are reading!

The word Ze can mean 'she' or 'they'. How do we know it means 'they' here?