Breakdown of Het team vergeet de datum door te geven.
vergeten
to forget
het team
the team
doorgeven
to pass on
te
to (infinitive marker)
de datum
the date
Questions & Answers about Het team vergeet de datum door te geven.
Why is te stuck in the middle of door and geven?
doorgeven is a separable verb. When you use a separable verb in a te + infinitive clause, the te wedges itself between the prefix (door) and the verb (geven). Notice that it is written as three separate words: door te geven.
Why does de datum come before door te geven?
In Dutch, the te + infinitive phrase gets pushed to the very end of the clause. The object receiving that action, which is de datum (the date), must come before it.
I learned that door means 'through'. Why is it used here?
You are right that door usually means 'through' on its own. But here it is the prefix of the separable verb doorgeven. In this verb, door implies passing information or an object 'on' or 'forward' to someone else.
Why is the verb just vergeet for het team? Shouldn't it have an extra 't'?
Het team is a singular subject, so it takes the standard 'stem + t' conjugation. The stem of vergeten is vergeet. Because the stem already ends in a 't', Dutch spelling rules say we don't add a second one.
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