Breakdown of Laten we hetzelfde rode T-shirt kopen!
kopen
to buy
rood
red
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
laten
to let (laten we ... = let's ...)
Questions & Answers about Laten we hetzelfde rode T-shirt kopen!
Why do we use hetzelfde here instead of dezelfde?
The word T-shirt is a het word in Dutch (het T-shirt). When you describe a singular het word as 'the same', you must use hetzelfde. If it were a de word or a plural word, you would use dezelfde.
Why is the adjective rode instead of rood? Don't adjectives before het words sometimes drop the -e?
Yes, but an adjective before a het word only drops the -e if it comes after an indefinite word like een or geen (or no article at all). Because hetzelfde acts as a definite word (it even has het built right into it!), the adjective gets the standard -e ending, making it rode.
Why does kopen go at the very end of the sentence?