Word
Hij drinkt water uit de fles.
Meaning
He drinks water from the bottle.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hij drinkt water uit de fles.
hij
he / it (referring to a 'de'-word)
drinken
to drink
het water
the water
de fles
the bottle
Questions & Answers about Hij drinkt water uit de fles.
Why do we use uit here instead of another word for 'from'?
In English, you drink 'from' a bottle, but in Dutch, you use uit (which literally means 'out of'). You use uit when something physically comes from the inside of a container or an enclosed space.
Why is there no article like het before water?
Just like in English, uncountable liquids like water can be used without an article when you are talking about a general or unspecified amount. You can just say Hij drinkt water (He drinks water).
Why is the verb spelled drinkt?
The dictionary form of the verb is drinken (to drink). For the pronouns hij (he), zij (she), and het (it), Dutch adds a -t to the stem of the verb (drink). So it becomes hij drinkt.