Breakdown of Er zijn vanavond veel leuke programma's.
zijn
to be
veel
much / many / a lot of
leuk
nice / fun
vanavond
tonight
Questions & Answers about Er zijn vanavond veel leuke programma's.
Why does programma's have an apostrophe before the plural 's'?
In Dutch, nouns ending in a single open vowel (like a, o, u, i, or y) get an apostrophe plus s for the plural. This is done to keep the vowel sound long. If we just wrote programmas without the apostrophe, the rules of Dutch pronunciation would make that last a sound like a short vowel.
Why is there an -e on the end of leuke?
Leuke gets an -e because it comes before a plural noun (programma's). Adjectives describing plural nouns almost always get this -e ending, regardless of whether the singular noun is a de-word or a het-word.
Can I put vanavond at the end of the sentence, like in the English translation?
It is much better to put it where it is. In Dutch, words that tell us when something happens (like vanavond) usually come very early in the sentence, right after the main verb. Putting the time at the very end sounds unnatural to Dutch speakers.