Breakdown of Kiezen jullie het zilver of het goud?
jullie
you (plural)
kiezen
to choose
of
or
het zilver
the silver
het goud
the gold
Questions & Answers about Kiezen jullie het zilver of het goud?
Why aren't we using zilveren and gouden in this sentence?
Because in this sentence, zilver (silver) and goud (gold) are used as nouns, not adjectives. You only add the fixed -en suffix when they describe another noun, like a silver ring (een zilveren ring). Here, you are just talking about the materials themselves: "the silver" and "the gold".
Both zilver and goud use the article het. Is there a rule for this?
Yes! In Dutch, metals and most other raw materials are almost always het words. That is why it is always het zilver, het goud, het ijzer (the iron), and het hout (the wood).
Why is the verb kiezen at the very beginning of the sentence?
Because this is a question! In Dutch questions that don't use a question word like who or what, the verb and subject swap places. The verb (kiezen) moves to the first position, right before the subject (jullie).
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