Breakdown of Dank je voor het mooie cadeau.
mooi
beautiful
het cadeau
the gift
voor
for (on behalf of)
je
you (unstressed form of jij)
danken
to thank (dank u = thank you, formal)
Questions & Answers about Dank je voor het mooie cadeau.
Why is there an -e at the end of mooie?
In Dutch, adjectives usually get an -e added to the end when they come before a noun. Because cadeau is a het word, and we are using the specific word het right before it, the adjective mooi becomes mooie.
Could I say Dankjewel instead of just Dank je here?
Yes! Dank je and Dankjewel are both informal ways to say "thank you." Dankjewel is just a bit stronger or warmer, like saying "thank you very much." Both work perfectly in this sentence.
Cadeau doesn't look like a typical Dutch word. How do I know it uses het instead of de?
How would this sentence change if I received multiple gifts?
You would say Dank je voor de mooie cadeaus. The plural of cadeau gets an -s at the end. All plural words use the article de instead of het, but the adjective mooie keeps its -e ending.
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