Breakdown of Dit boek heeft honderd pagina's.
het boek
the book
hebben
to have
dit
this (neuter)
honderd
one hundred
de pagina
the page
Questions & Answers about Dit boek heeft honderd pagina's.
Why does pagina's have an apostrophe before the 's'?
In Dutch, nouns ending in a single open vowel like a, i, o, u, or y take an apostrophe plus s to become plural. If we just added an s to make paginas, the Dutch spelling rules would make that final a sound short. The apostrophe in pagina's protects the long vowel sound.
Why isn't there a word for 'a' before honderd?
While English uses 'a hundred' or 'one hundred', Dutch usually just says honderd. You only say eenhonderd if you really need to emphasize the exact amount, but normally, the word een is just left out.
Why is it dit boek and not deze boek?
Boek is a het-word (het boek). To say 'this' for het-words, you always use dit. The word deze is used for 'this' or 'these' with de-words and all plurals.
Is there another word for 'pages' I could use here?
Yes, de bladzijde is another very common Dutch word for a page in a book. Its plural is bladzijden or bladzijdes. Both pagina's and bladzijden mean the exact same thing in this context.
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