Breakdown of We moeten nog een vegetarisch gerecht kiezen.
een
a/an
kiezen
to choose
moeten
to have to, must
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
nog
still, yet / more, another (with a quantity)
vegetarisch
vegetarian
het gerecht
the dish (food)
Questions & Answers about We moeten nog een vegetarisch gerecht kiezen.
Why is kiezen at the very end of the sentence?
In Dutch, when you have a sentence with a modal or helping verb like moeten (have to / must), the main action verb goes to the very end. Here, the main verb is kiezen (to choose).
Why is there no -e at the end of vegetarisch?
Because gerecht (dish) is a het-word. A major rule in Dutch is that when a het-word follows the word een (a / an), the adjective before it does not get an -e ending. If you used a de-word like de maaltijd (the meal), it would be een vegetarische maaltijd.
This lesson is about preference. How would I change this to say "We prefer to choose a vegetarian dish"?
You would take out moeten and add the word liever (rather / prefer to). The sentence would become: We kiezen liever een vegetarisch gerecht.
What exactly does nog mean here?
In this context, nog means "still" or "yet". Saying We moeten nog een vegetarisch gerecht kiezen implies "We still need to choose a vegetarian dish" or "We have yet to choose one", showing it is a task that remains on your to-do list.
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