Breakdown of De nieuwe robot gaat morgen de kamer stofzuigen.
morgen
tomorrow
de kamer
the room
gaan
to go / to go off (of an alarm)
nieuw
new
de robot
the robot
stofzuigen
to vacuum
Questions & Answers about De nieuwe robot gaat morgen de kamer stofzuigen.
Why does nieuw get an -e added to the end?
Robot is a de-word (de robot). In Dutch, when an adjective comes directly in front of a de-word, it almost always gets an -e ending, turning nieuw into nieuwe.
Why is morgen placed before de kamer instead of at the end?
In English, we usually put time words at the very end of the sentence (like "...the room tomorrow"). In Dutch, time words like morgen generally come much earlier, right after the main conjugated verb, following the standard "Time-Manner-Place" word order.
Why is stofzuigen pushed all the way to the end?
This happens because of the Dutch "verb brace" rule. The auxiliary (helping) verb gaat takes the second position in the sentence, which forces the main action verb (stofzuigen) to wait until the very end.
How would I change this sentence to say the robot doesn't have to vacuum tomorrow using hoeven niet te?
You would replace the helping verb gaat with hoeft (from the verb hoeven), and place niet te right before the infinitive at the end. The sentence becomes: De nieuwe robot hoeft morgen de kamer niet te stofzuigen. Notice that niet sits after the specific object (de kamer).
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