Een goede wasmachine in huis is een echte luxe.
A good washing machine in the house is a real luxury.
Breakdown of Een goede wasmachine in huis is een echte luxe.
zijn
to be
een
a/an
het huis
the house
in
in
goed
good
echt
real; really (genuinely)
de wasmachine
the washing machine
de luxe
the luxury
Questions & Answers about Een goede wasmachine in huis is een echte luxe.
Why do both goed and echt get an -e at the end here?
Because wasmachine and luxe are both de words. When you put an adjective before a noun with een (a/an), you add an -e if it is a de word. If they were het words, they would not get the -e (for example: een goed boek).
Why does the sentence say in huis instead of in het huis?
In huis is a fixed expression in Dutch meaning "in the house" or "at home" in a general sense, similar to how English drops the article in "at school" or "in town". If you said in het huis, it would sound like you are referring to a specific physical building rather than just talking about having an appliance at home.
Why is wasmachine written as one word?
In Dutch, compound nouns are always glued together into a single word. So was (laundry/wash) and machine (machine) combine to make wasmachine, unlike in English where we write "washing machine" as two separate words.
How is luxe pronounced in Dutch?
Although it is a French loanword, it has a specific Dutch pronunciation. It is pronounced roughly as "lük-suh". The "u" sounds like the French "u" or German "ü", and you must pronounce the -e at the end as a soft "uh" sound.
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