Breakdown of Wat kunnen wij uit dat experiment afleiden?
wij
we
wat
what
dat
that (het-words)
uit
out of / from
Questions & Answers about Wat kunnen wij uit dat experiment afleiden?
Is afleiden a separable verb? Why isn't it split up here?
Yes, afleiden (to deduce) is a separable verb (af + leiden). But because the modal verb kunnen acts as the conjugated verb in this sentence, the main verb afleiden is pushed to the very end in its full infinitive form. It only splits if it is the conjugated verb, like in Wij leiden het antwoord af (We deduce the answer).
Why do we use uit instead of van for "from" in this sentence?
The verb afleiden pairs with the fixed preposition uit when it means "to deduce from" or "to derive from". Think of it as extracting a conclusion "out of" the experiment.
This lesson is about using moeten for deductions. How would using moeten change this sentence?
Why is it dat experiment and not die experiment?