Word
Je moet de sokken samen met het T-shirt wassen.
Meaning
You must wash the socks together with the T-shirt.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Je moet de sokken samen met het T-shirt wassen.
samen
together
met
with
wassen
to wash
moeten
to have to, must
Questions & Answers about Je moet de sokken samen met het T-shirt wassen.
How would I add "the same" to this sentence for both the socks and the T-shirt?
Since sokken is plural, it acts as a de-word and takes dezelfde: dezelfde sokken. T-shirt is a singular het-word, so it takes hetzelfde: hetzelfde T-shirt. If you wanted to wash the same items, you would say: Je moet dezelfde sokken samen met hetzelfde T-shirt wassen.
Why does wassen go at the very end of the sentence?
This sentence uses the modal verb moeten (moet). In a Dutch main clause, the conjugated modal verb takes the second position, which pushes the main action verb (the infinitive wassen) to the very end of the sentence.
Why is it het T-shirt? Do all English clothing loanwords use het?
Not all of them! Loanwords can take either de or het. They often adopt the gender of a native Dutch equivalent. Since the Dutch word for shirt (het hemd) is a het-word, T-shirt is as well. Conversely, a sweater is de trui, so the loanword becomes de sweater.
Is the word samen strictly necessary here, or could I just say met het T-shirt?