Breakdown of De arts geeft om de vier weken een lage dosis en een injectie.
een
a/an
de arts
the doctor
en
and
vier
four
de week
the week
geven
to give
laag
low
om de
every (at intervals)
de dosis
the dose
de injectie
the injection
Questions & Answers about De arts geeft om de vier weken een lage dosis en een injectie.
Why do we use om de instead of elke to mean 'every'?
Both are correct! You could absolutely say elke vier weken, but om de is a very common Dutch pattern for expressing a repeating frequency. It translates closely to 'once every' or 'every [number]'.
I noticed weken is plural. If we didn't specify a number, would it still be plural?
No, if you drop the number, you use the singular noun. For example, om de week means 'every other week'. Because this sentence specifies a number greater than one (vier), we must use the plural weken.
Why does the time expression om de vier weken come before the things the doctor gives?
Dutch strongly prefers to state when something happens as early as possible. Following the 'Time, Manner, Place' rule, the time expression (om de vier weken) comes right after the main verb, pushing the direct objects (een lage dosis en een injectie) to the end of the sentence. English usually puts the time at the very end.
Why does the adjective laag change to lage in een lage dosis?
Dosis is a de-word (de dosis). When an adjective comes before a de-word, it gets an -e ending. Also, notice the spelling rule: we drop one 'a' from laag to make lage so the vowel keeps its long sound in an open syllable.
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