Breakdown of Het team legt ons de presentatie uit.
ons
us (object)
de presentatie
the presentation
het team
the team
uitleggen
to explain
Questions & Answers about Het team legt ons de presentatie uit.
Why does the sentence use just ons instead of a word for "to us"?
In Dutch, the object pronoun ons (us) can mean "to us" when it is placed right after the verb. You do not always need a separate word for "to". You could say aan ons (to us), but just using ons is very common and natural.
Why is the word uit at the very end of the sentence?
The verb for "to explain" is uitleggen, which is a separable verb. In a basic present-tense sentence like this, the core verb (legt) goes in the second position, and the prefix (uit) splits off and is pushed to the very end of the sentence.
Is team considered singular or plural here?
Het team is a singular noun. Even though a team is made up of multiple people, the grammar treats the word itself as a single unit. That is why the verb takes the singular form legt instead of the plural form leggen.
Why does ons come before de presentatie?
In Dutch word order, the indirect object (the person receiving the action, which is ons here) usually comes before the direct object (the thing being acted upon, which is de presentatie). It literally reads as "The team explains us the presentation out."
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