Breakdown of De opbrengst gaat naar het nieuwe weeshuis.
naar
to
gaan
to go / to go off (of an alarm)
nieuw
new
de opbrengst
the proceeds
het weeshuis
the orphanage
Questions & Answers about De opbrengst gaat naar het nieuwe weeshuis.
Why does the Dutch sentence use the singular verb gaat when the English translation uses the plural "go"?
In Dutch, de opbrengst (the yield / the revenue) is a singular noun, so it takes the singular verb gaat. English treats "proceeds" as a plural noun, but you can't translate that grammatical number directly into Dutch here.
Why is it het nieuwe with an -e at the end, if weeshuis is a het word?
You only drop the -e on an adjective before a het word if the noun is indefinite (for example, een nieuw weeshuis). Because this sentence uses the definite article het (meaning it is a specific orphanage), the adjective gets the standard -e ending.
What are the parts that make up the word weeshuis?
It is a compound noun made from wees (orphan) and huis (house). In Dutch, compound nouns always take the article of the final word. Because it is het huis, the combined word is het weeshuis.
Is there an easy way to remember the word opbrengst?
Yes, it comes from the separable verb opbrengen, which means "to bring in" or "to yield" (like raising money). Adding -st to a verb stem is a common way to turn an action into a noun in Dutch, so de opbrengst literally means "that which is brought in".
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