Breakdown of Sinds de cursus is zij erg tevreden met het resultaat.
zijn
to be
zij
she
met
with
erg
very / really
Questions & Answers about Sinds de cursus is zij erg tevreden met het resultaat.
Is met the only preposition you can use with tevreden?
Tevreden (satisfied) is most commonly paired with the fixed preposition met (with). However, you will also frequently hear tevreden over (satisfied about). Both mean exactly the same thing and can be used interchangeably, so saying tevreden over het resultaat would also be perfectly correct here.
Why is the word order is zij instead of zij is?
Because the sentence starts with the time phrase Sinds de cursus (Since the course). In Dutch, when you start a main clause with anything other than the subject, the verb must still take the second position. This pushes the subject immediately behind the verb, creating inversion: is (verb) comes before zij (subject).
Does sinds mean 'since' as in 'because', or only 'since' as in time?
In Dutch, sinds is strictly used for time, meaning 'from that moment on'. In English, you can say 'Since it is raining, I will stay inside' to mean 'because', but you cannot do that with sinds. For 'because', Dutch uses words like omdat or aangezien.
Could I use heel instead of erg in this sentence?