Breakdown of Zij is tevreden met het resultaat van het onderzoek.
zijn
to be
zij
she
met
with
het resultaat
the result
van
from (possession, starting point) / made of
het onderzoek
the research / the investigation
tevreden
satisfied
Questions & Answers about Zij is tevreden met het resultaat van het onderzoek.
Why do we use met after tevreden?
In Dutch, the adjective tevreden (satisfied or content) takes the fixed preposition met. Whenever you want to express what someone is satisfied about, you use tevreden met. Luckily, this translates directly to the English structure 'satisfied with'.
If I wanted to say 'She is satisfied with it', how would the grammar change?
Because met is a preposition, you cannot just say 'met het'. Instead, you must use a pronominal adverb. The combination of 'er' (it) and 'met' (with) becomes ermee. The sentence would then be: Zij is ermee tevreden.
Can het onderzoek mean both 'research' and 'investigation'?
Yes! The noun het onderzoek is very versatile. Depending on the context, it can translate to an investigation, academic research, a survey, or even a medical examination.
Both resultaat and onderzoek take the article het. Is there a trick to remembering this?
For het resultaat, yes! Nouns ending in -aat that refer to things or abstract concepts (rather than people) are almost always het words. Other examples include het apparaat and het klimaat. For het onderzoek, you simply have to memorize its article.
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