Breakdown of De arts drinkt dagelijks veel water.
de arts
the doctor
veel
much / many / a lot of
drinken
to drink
het water
the water
dagelijks
daily
Questions & Answers about De arts drinkt dagelijks veel water.
Why does dagelijks come right after the verb drinkt?
In Dutch, adverbs of time and frequency (like dagelijks) usually come immediately after the conjugated verb. Unlike in English, where you might say "The doctor drinks a lot of water daily" (putting the adverb at the end), Dutch prefers the time element much earlier in the sentence.
Is dagelijks related to the word for "day"?
Yes! The root word is dag (day). The suffix -lijks is used to create adjectives and adverbs of frequency. You will also see this in wekelijks (weekly), maandelijks (monthly), and jaarlijks (yearly).
I usually see dokter for doctor. Is arts different?
Arts and dokter are mostly interchangeable. However, arts is the formal, professional title used in official contexts or compound words (like tandarts for dentist). Dokter is the more conversational word you use when speaking directly to a doctor.
Could I start the sentence with dagelijks?
Yes, you can say Dagelijks drinkt de arts veel water. If you put the time adverb at the beginning for emphasis, remember that Dutch uses "inversion" (verb before subject). So the standard order de arts drinkt flips to drinkt de arts.
Why is it veel water and not vele water?
Water is an uncountable noun. When meaning "much" or "a lot of" with uncountable nouns, you always use the uninflected form veel. You only use vele (meaning "many") with countable, plural nouns, like vele artsen (many doctors).
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