Breakdown of De prijs van de huizen is aanzienlijk gedaald.
zijn
to be
het huis
the house
van
from (possession, starting point) / made of
de prijs
the price
aanzienlijk
considerably
dalen
to decrease
Questions & Answers about De prijs van de huizen is aanzienlijk gedaald.
Why does the Dutch sentence use is instead of heeft for "has dropped"?
In Dutch, verbs that describe a clear change of state or direction (like growing, stopping, or falling) take zijn (to be) as their auxiliary verb rather than hebben (to have). Because dalen means "to drop" or "to decrease", we say is gedaald.
Aanzienlijk is a long word! What exactly does it mean and how is it used here?
Aanzienlijk translates to "considerably", "substantially", or "significantly". It is used as an adverb here to describe how much the prices dropped. It comes from the verb aanzien (to look at or regard) and literally implies something is large enough to be worth looking at!
Why is gedaald placed at the very end of the sentence?
This is the standard word order for the present perfect tense in a main clause. The conjugated auxiliary verb (is) takes the second position, and the past participle (gedaald) is sent to the very end of the sentence, wrapping around the adverb aanzienlijk.
This lesson is about sinds (since). If I wanted to add sinds 2020 (since 2020), where would it go in this sentence?
Time expressions usually come early in the middle of a Dutch sentence. You would place it right after the conjugated verb: De prijs van de huizen is sinds 2020 aanzienlijk gedaald. Alternatively, you could put it at the start, which causes the verb and subject to swap places (inversion): Sinds 2020 is de prijs van de huizen aanzienlijk gedaald.
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