Breakdown of Moet het team altijd samenwerken?
altijd
always
moeten
to have to, must
samenwerken
to collaborate / to work together
het team
the team
Questions & Answers about Moet het team altijd samenwerken?
Why is it moet instead of moeten when a team has multiple people in it?
Even though a team has many members, the word het team is a singular noun. Therefore, it takes the singular verb moet (has to/must). It works just like English, where we say "the team has to" instead of "the team have to".
Where is the word for "Does" in the Dutch sentence?
Dutch doesn't use helper words like "do" or "does" to ask questions. Instead, it just swaps the order of the subject and the verb. The statement het team moet (the team has to) turns into the question Moet het team? (does the team have to?).
Why is the verb samenwerken all the way at the end of the sentence?
This happens because of the modal verb moeten (must/have to). In Dutch, the modal verb stays near the front, and it pushes the second verb (samenwerken) to the very end of the sentence in its full dictionary form (the infinitive).
Is samenwerken always written as one single word?
Yes! Samenwerken (to work together/collaborate) is a compound verb made from samen (together) and werken (to work). Because it is pushed to the end of this sentence as a full infinitive, both parts stay attached as one unbroken word.