Breakdown of Die dunne krant is oud.
oud
old
de krant
the newspaper
die
that / those (de-words and plurals)
dun
thin
Questions & Answers about Die dunne krant is oud.
Why is the adjective dunne instead of just dun?
Because it comes directly before the noun (krant). In Dutch, when an adjective is placed right in front of a noun, it usually gets an extra -e at the end.
Why is the 'n' doubled in dunne?
The base word is dun, which has a short vowel sound. If you just added an -e to make dune, the rules of Dutch pronunciation would make the vowel sound long. To keep the short sound, you must double the consonant, making it dunne.
Oud is also an adjective here. Why doesn't it get an -e at the end?
Adjectives only get the extra -e when they are placed directly in front of the noun they describe (like dunne krant). Because oud comes after the verb (is), it stays in its basic dictionary form.
Why is 'that' translated as die instead of dat?
The word for newspaper is a de-word (de krant). When pointing out a de-word, you use die for 'that'. If it were a het-word, you would use dat instead.
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