Word
We moeten de tweede aanwijzing oplossen.
Meaning
We have to solve the second clue.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of We moeten de tweede aanwijzing oplossen.
tweede
second (2nd)
moeten
to have to, must
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
oplossen
to solve / to resolve
Questions & Answers about We moeten de tweede aanwijzing oplossen.
Why is oplossen at the very end of the sentence?
Because of the helping verb moeten (have to). In Dutch, when you use a helping verb or modal verb, the main action verb gets pushed to the very end of the sentence in its full dictionary form (the infinitive).
Oplossen is a separable verb. Why isn't it split up here?
Separable verbs only split when they are the active, conjugated verb in the sentence (for example: Wij lossen de aanwijzing op). Because moeten takes that active role in this sentence, oplossen stays in one piece at the end.
How do we form ordinal numbers like tweede (second)?
For most numbers up to 19, you simply add -de to the standard number (twee becomes tweede, vier becomes vierde). The main exceptions you need to memorize are 1st (eerste) and 8th (achtste).
Moeten usually translates to "must". Why does the English translation say "have to"?