Breakdown of Het avondeten is om zes uur.
zes
six
het uur
the hour / o'clock
om
at (time)
het avondeten
the evening meal
Questions & Answers about Het avondeten is om zes uur.
Why is it avondeten and not 's avondseten, since the lesson is about 's avonds?
's Avonds means "in the evenings" and is used as an adverb to describe when a routine happens. But here, avond is just the first half of a compound noun: avond (evening) + eten (meal) = avondeten (dinner). You don't use the genitive 's and s when gluing two nouns together like this.
Is eten a verb or a noun in this sentence?
It is acting as a noun here. Eten is the verb "to eat", but it is also used as a noun meaning "food" or "meal". Because it's a noun here, we can stick it to avond to create het avondeten (the evening meal).
Why do we use the word om for "at"?
In Dutch, you always use the preposition om to say "at" a specific clock time. Whenever you are pointing to a time on the clock, like "at six o'clock", it will always be om zes uur.
Does uur mean "hour" or "o'clock"?
It actually means both! When you are naming a specific time on the clock, like zes uur, it translates to "six o'clock". But if you are talking about duration, uur means "hour" (for example, studying for one uur).
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