Breakdown of Deze webshop verkoopt verschillende artikelen.
verkopen
to sell
deze
this / these
het artikel
the item
de webshop
the online store
verschillende
various, several
Questions & Answers about Deze webshop verkoopt verschillende artikelen.
Does verschillende mean 'different' or 'various' here?
It can mean both! The word verschillende often translates to 'various', 'several', or 'different'. In this context, 'various items' or 'several items' makes the most sense, but it inherently means the webshop sells a variety of distinct things.
Why does verschillende have an -e at the end in this sentence?
When verschillend is used as a quantifier or adjective directly before a plural noun like artikelen, it gets the standard -e ending.
Webshop is an English word. How do I know whether to use deze or dit?
English loanwords in Dutch are usually de-words, so it is de webshop. Because it is a de-word, we use deze to say 'this'. If it were a het-word, we would use dit.
I learned that nouns ending in -el usually get an -s in the plural. Why is it artikelen here?
Good catch! Words ending in an unstressed -el normally take an -s plural (like winkel becoming winkels). However, the spoken stress in artikel falls on the second syllable (ar-TI-kel), so it takes the standard -en ending instead.
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