Breakdown of De vrouw gelooft dat dit sterrenbeeld haar succes gebracht heeft.
de vrouw
the woman
hebben
to have
haar
her
dit
this (neuter)
brengen
to bring (to a destination)
geloven
to believe
het succes
the success
dat
that (conjunction)
het sterrenbeeld
the zodiac sign
Questions & Answers about De vrouw gelooft dat dit sterrenbeeld haar succes gebracht heeft.
Could I also say heeft gebracht at the end of the sentence?
Yes, you can! Because this is a subordinate clause (starting with dat), the verbs are pushed to the end. When you have a past participle (gebracht) and a helper verb (heeft), Dutch allows you to put them in either order. gebracht heeft is known as the green word order, and heeft gebracht is the red word order. Both are perfectly correct.
Why do the objects haar succes come before the verbs?
The word dat (that) introduces a subordinate clause. A major rule in Dutch is that in a subordinate clause, all the verbs are kicked to the very end of the sentence. Therefore, all other information, like the objects haar and succes, must come before the verb cluster.
Is haar here a possessive pronoun meaning 'her success', or an object pronoun meaning 'to her'?
It is an object pronoun here, meaning 'to her'. The sentence means that the zodiac sign has brought success to her. While haar can also be a possessive pronoun, reading it as 'brought her success' (as in, bringing her success to someone else) wouldn't make sense in this context.
What is the literal translation of sterrenbeeld?
It literally translates to 'star picture' or 'star image'. It is a compound noun made from sterren (stars) and beeld (image or statue), which is used in Dutch to mean either 'zodiac sign' or 'constellation'.
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