Breakdown of Is het zuiden warmer dan het noorden?
zijn
to be
warm
warm
het noorden
the north
het zuiden
the south
dan
than
Questions & Answers about Is het zuiden warmer dan het noorden?
How do we form the comparative warmer here?
Just like in English! For regular adjectives like warm, you simply add -er to the end to get warmer.
Do you always use dan to mean than in comparisons?
Yes, when comparing two different things with a comparative adjective, you always use dan. Be careful not to confuse it with toen, which means then when talking about a specific time in the past.
Why do zuiden and noorden use the article het?
In Dutch, all compass directions like noorden, oosten, zuiden, and westen are neuter nouns. This means they always take the article het.
Why is the verb Is at the very beginning of the sentence?
This is a yes/no question. To make a question in Dutch, you take the normal statement (Het zuiden is warmer) and swap the verb (is) with the subject (het zuiden).
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