Breakdown of Dit pretpark is te groot om in één dag te zien.
zijn
to be
groot
big
zien
to see
één
one
in
in
te
too
dit
this (neuter)
de dag
the day
te
to (infinitive marker)
om
in order to
het pretpark
the amusement park
Questions & Answers about Dit pretpark is te groot om in één dag te zien.
Why are there two te's in this sentence?
This sentence uses the structure te + [adjective] + om ... te + [infinitive] to mean "too [adjective] to [do something]". The first te means "too" (te groot = too big), and the om ... te part wraps around the verb to mean "to see".
Why is te zien at the very end of the sentence?
The om ... te structure always pushes the infinitive verb (zien) to the end of the clause. So, instead of the English word order "to see in one day", Dutch requires om in één dag te zien.
Why are there accent marks on één?
The Dutch words for "a/an" and the number "one" are both spelled een. To make it clear that you mean exactly "one" day rather than just "a" day, you add accent marks to write één. This also tells you to pronounce it as "ayn" rather than the short "uhn" sound.
Why do we use dit instead of deze for "this"?
Pretpark is a neuter noun (het pretpark). When you want to say "this" with a singular het word, you must use dit. If it were a de word, you would use deze.
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