Breakdown of We verwachten een aanzienlijke verbetering na zijn komst.
een
a/an
zijn
his
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
verwachten
to expect
Questions & Answers about We verwachten een aanzienlijke verbetering na zijn komst.
Why does aanzienlijke get an -e ending when it follows the indefinite article een?
Because verbetering is a de-word. As a reliable rule, all Dutch nouns ending in -ing are de-words. Adjectives placed before de-words always get an -e ending, even after een. You only drop the -e when an adjective comes before a het-word preceded by een.
Is the word komst related to the verb komen?
Yes, komst (arrival or coming) is a noun directly derived from komen (to come). You will also see this in common compound nouns like aankomst (arrival of a train or flight) or bijeenkomst (a meeting or gathering).
Since the current lesson focuses on time conjunctions, why do we use na here instead of nadat?
Nadat (after) is a subordinating conjunction, which means it must introduce a full subclause with a subject and a verb. Because zijn komst (his arrival) is just a noun phrase without a verb, we must use the preposition na instead. You would use nadat if you phrased it as a clause: nadat hij is gekomen (after he has come).
Can I move na zijn komst to the beginning of the sentence?