Questions & Answers about Wij zoeken een schilder die snel kan schilderen.
Why is die used to mean "who" in this sentence?
Because it refers to een schilder (a painter). Since schilder is a de-word (de schilder), you must use die to introduce the relative clause. You use die for all de-words and all plurals.
Why do both verbs (kan and schilderen) go at the end of the sentence?
The word die introduces a relative clause, which is a type of subclause. In Dutch subclauses, all verbs are pushed to the very end.
Can I swap the order of the verbs at the end and say die snel schilderen kan?
Yes, you can! When you have a helper verb like kan and an infinitive verb like schilderen at the end of a clause, they can go in either order. Both kan schilderen and schilderen kan are perfectly correct.
The English sentence says "looking for", so why is there no word for "for" in the Dutch sentence?
The Dutch verb zoeken translates directly as "to seek" or "to look for". You don't need to add an extra preposition like voor because that meaning is already built into the verb itself.