Word
Mijn broer huurt een dure studentenkamer.
Meaning
My brother is renting an expensive student room.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Questions & Answers about Mijn broer huurt een dure studentenkamer.
Why is there an -en- in the middle of studentenkamer?
Studentenkamer is a compound noun made of student and kamer. In Dutch, when the first noun in a compound has a plural that only ends in -en (like studenten), you connect the words with the linking letters -en-.
Would it ever be correct to write studentskamer with a linking -s-?
No. You generally use a linking -s- (the tussen-s) if the first word takes a plural in -s or if tradition and pronunciation dictate it. Since the plural of student is exclusively studenten, the spelling rules strictly require the -en- link here.
Why is the adjective dure instead of duur?
The word kamer is a de word (de kamer). When an adjective comes before a de word with een, it gets an -e ending. To keep the vowel sound long in an open syllable, the double u in duur drops one letter to become dure.
The English translation says 'is renting'. Why isn't a continuous form used in Dutch?