Breakdown of De toegang is strikt voor het personeel.
zijn
to be
voor
for (on behalf of)
de toegang
the access
strikt
strict / strictly (rigid, absolute)
Questions & Answers about De toegang is strikt voor het personeel.
Why use toegang here instead of ingang?
Toegang refers to the abstract concept of access, permission, or admission to enter. If you were talking about the physical door or gate itself, you would use de ingang (the entrance).
Why doesn't strikt get a special ending to mean strictly?
In Dutch, adverbs almost always share the exact same form as the base adjective. There is no equivalent to the English -ly ending. Therefore, strikt functions as both the adjective strict and the adverb strictly.
Is het personeel treated as singular or plural in Dutch?
It is a singular neuter noun. Just like in English, it refers to the group of employees as a single unit. If you want to refer to individual staff members, you would use the plural word personeelsleden.
If I wanted to add except for visitors using this lesson's focus word behalve, how would I do it?
You would add it to the end of the sentence: De toegang is strikt voor het personeel, behalve voor bezoekers. Notice that it sounds most natural to repeat the preposition voor after behalve to clearly connect the exception to the original rule.