Breakdown of Het feest is op de eerste juni.
zijn
to be
op
on
het feest
the party
eerste
first (1st)
juni
June
Questions & Answers about Het feest is op de eerste juni.
Why is it de eerste instead of het eerste if feest is a het word?
The word de here doesn't refer back to het feest. It refers to the implied word dag (day), which is a de word. You are essentially saying "on the first (day) of June".
Why isn't the month juni capitalized like it is in English?
In Dutch, days of the week, months, and seasons are written with lowercase letters unless they are the very first word of the sentence.
In English we say "the first of June". Why is there no translation for "of" here?
When saying dates in Dutch, you just put the number (or ordinal word like eerste) directly before the month. You don't use a preposition for "of" in between them.
Does Dutch always use op for dates, just like English uses "on"?
Yes! When talking about things happening on a specific day or date, Dutch uses the preposition op. You will also see this with days of the week, like op maandag (on Monday).
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