Breakdown of Sommigen kiezen de webshop die goedkoop is.
zijn
to be
goedkoop
cheap
kiezen
to choose
die
who / that (relative pronoun)
sommige
some
de webshop
the online store
Questions & Answers about Sommigen kiezen de webshop die goedkoop is.
Why does sommigen have an -n at the end here?
Because it is used independently (without a noun right after it) and it refers to people. If you added the noun, the -n would disappear, like in sommige mensen (some people). You also leave off the -n if it refers to things instead of people.
Why use die instead of dat to say "that"?
The word die is a relative pronoun pointing back to de webshop. Because webshop is a de-word, it takes die. If it were a het-word, you would use dat.
Why is the verb is at the very end of the sentence?
The phrase die goedkoop is is a relative clause, which acts as a subclause. In Dutch, subclauses push the conjugated verb to the very end of the phrase.
Is webshop treated as a normal Dutch word here?
Yes, it is a very common English loanword in Dutch. Like most English loanwords for objects or concepts, it takes the de article.
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