Questions & Answers about Roken is in dit hotel verboden.
This lesson is about mogen (permission). How would I say this sentence using mogen?
You could say Je mag in dit hotel niet roken (You may not smoke in this hotel). The sentence above uses verboden (forbidden), which is just another very common way to express that you do not have permission to do something.
Why is verboden at the very end of the sentence?
In Dutch, phrases that describe a place (like in dit hotel) usually come before adjectives or extra verbs. So instead of saying "Smoking is forbidden in this hotel", the Dutch word order becomes "Smoking is in this hotel forbidden".
Is roken a verb or a noun here?
It is acting as a noun here meaning "smoking", but it is exactly the same as the full dictionary verb roken (to smoke). In Dutch, you can use the full verb form as a noun, which is similar to adding "-ing" to a verb in English.
Why do we use dit for "this hotel" instead of deze?
Hotel is a "het" word (het hotel). For all het words, you must use dit to say "this". If it were a "de" word, you would use deze.