Breakdown of Dit is het appartement waarin wij de bezichtiging hadden.
zijn
to be
wij
we
hebben
to have
dit
this (neuter)
de bezichtiging
the viewing
het appartement
the apartment
waarin
in which
Questions & Answers about Dit is het appartement waarin wij de bezichtiging hadden.
How does waarin work in this sentence?
waarin literally means "wherein". In Dutch, when you refer back to a thing (like het appartement) with a preposition like in, you don't say "in which" or leave the "in" at the end like in English ("the apartment we had the viewing in"). Instead, you combine waar (where) + in (in) to make waarin.
Why is the verb hadden at the very end of the sentence?
The word waarin introduces a relative clause (a part of the sentence that gives more information about the apartment). A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause, and in Dutch, subordinate clauses always push the working verb (in this case, hadden) to the very end of the clause.
Why do we use Dit is instead of Deze is for "This is"?
When introducing or pointing something out using a form of the verb zijn (to be), Dutch uses the fixed forms dit (this) or dat (that), even if the noun following it is a de-word. However, it is also helpful to remember that appartement is a het-word, so
What does de bezichtiging mean?
De bezichtiging means "the viewing" or "the inspection". You will hear this word a lot in the Netherlands or Belgium if you are looking to rent or buy a house. It comes from the verb bezichtigen, which means to view or inspect.
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