Questions & Answers about De termijn is één maand.
Why does één have accent marks on the vowels?
The accents show that it means the number 'one' and not the article 'a' or 'an'. The article een is pronounced with a short 'uh' sound, but the number één is pronounced with a long 'ay' sound. The accents tell you to emphasize it.
How do you pronounce the 'd' at the end of maand?
In Dutch, a 'd' at the very end of a word is pronounced like a 't'. So maand sounds like 'mahnt'. But if you make it plural (maanden), the 'd' moves to the middle and sounds like a normal 'd' again.
Since this lesson is about conditional clauses, how would this sentence change if I put an 'if' clause in front of it?
If you start with a condition like Als je akkoord gaat (If you agree), the word order of this sentence has to invert. The verb is must jump in front of the subject de termijn, making it: Als je akkoord gaat, is de termijn één maand.
What is the plural form of termijn?
The plural is termijnen. You simply add -en to the end. Because it is a 'de' word, as you can see from De termijn, the plural also uses de.