Word
De stichting organiseert een feest voor de doven.
Meaning
The foundation organizes a party for the deaf people.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of De stichting organiseert een feest voor de doven.
een
a/an
het feest
the party
voor
for (on behalf of)
organiseren
to organize
Questions & Answers about De stichting organiseert een feest voor de doven.
Why does the sentence use de doven instead of de dove mensen?
While de dove mensen is perfectly fine, Dutch frequently turns adjectives into nouns to describe a group of people. To do this, you take the base adjective (doof), apply the standard -e ending to get dove, and add an -n to make it a plural noun referring to people: de doven (the deaf people).
Why does the f in doof change to a v in de doven?
This is a standard Dutch spelling rule you might remember from earlier lessons. When an adjective or noun ends in a long vowel or double vowel followed by an -f, that f changes to a v when you add an ending that starts with a vowel (like -en). So, doof becomes doven, just like the noun de brief (the letter) becomes de brieven.
What kind of organization is a stichting?
A stichting is a foundation or non-profit organization. It is a very common word in the Netherlands and Belgium for an organization set up specifically to support a charitable, social, or idealistic cause, rather than to make a profit.
If I want to emphasize that the party is for the deaf people by putting Voor de doven first, how would I rearrange this sentence?