Word
Vind je dat dit zweverige verhaal iets nieuws gezegd heeft?
Meaning
Do you think that this woolly story has said something new?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Vind je dat dit zweverige verhaal iets nieuws gezegd heeft?
hebben
to have
zeggen
to say
dit
this (neuter)
nieuw
new
Questions & Answers about Vind je dat dit zweverige verhaal iets nieuws gezegd heeft?
The sentence ends with gezegd heeft. Can I swap those two words around?
Yes, absolutely! In a subordinate clause (starting here with dat), you have two options for the verb cluster at the end. You can put the past participle first (gezegd heeft), which is called the green word order. Or you can put the auxiliary verb first (heeft gezegd), which is the red word order. Both are completely correct and interchangeable.
Why does the word nieuws have an extra 's' at the end?
When you use an adjective to describe indefinite pronouns like iets (something), niets (nothing), veel (much), or wat (something), the adjective gets an extra -s. So, "something new" becomes iets nieuws.
Since verhaal is a het-word, why does zweverige get an -e ending?
You only drop the -e ending for a het word when it is indefinite (like when preceded by een or no article at all). Because we are using the specific demonstrative word dit (this), the adjective gets the standard -e ending, making it dit zweverige verhaal.
What exactly does the word zweverige mean here?