Breakdown of Dat is de beste optie, want de prijs is laag.
zijn
to be
dat
that (het-words)
want
because
laag
low
Questions & Answers about Dat is de beste optie, want de prijs is laag.
What is the original word for beste?
The base word is goed (good). Just like in English, its comparison forms are completely irregular: goed (good), beter (better), and best (best).
Why does beste have an -e at the end instead of just being best?
When an adjective is placed directly before a noun (like optie) and follows a word like de or het, it usually gets an -e added to the end. Since it is de optie, we write de beste optie.
Why doesn't laag get an -e ending like beste does?
Adjectives only get an -e ending when they are placed directly before the noun they describe. Here, laag comes after the verb is. When an adjective is used later in the sentence like this, it never gets an extra -e.
Why is the word order normal after want? Doesn't "because" push the verb to the end?