Word
Alle kleine donaties maken samen een groot bedrag.
Meaning
All small donations together make a large amount.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Alle kleine donaties maken samen een groot bedrag.
een
a/an
groot
big
klein
small
samen
together
Questions & Answers about Alle kleine donaties maken samen een groot bedrag.
Why do we use alle here instead of al de?
In Dutch, we use alle for general plurals, meaning 'all' of something in general. Here, we mean 'all small donations' universally. If we were talking about a specific group of donations we just received, we would use al de (all of the) instead.
Why is it groot bedrag instead of grote bedrag?
Because bedrag is a neuter (het) noun (het bedrag). When a neuter noun is introduced by an indefinite article like een (a), the adjective before it drops the -e ending.
Why does klein get an -e ending here to become kleine?
Because donaties is a plural noun. Adjectives that come before plural nouns almost always take an -e ending, regardless of whether the singular noun uses de or het.
Why is samen placed right after the verb maken?
Samen (together) acts as an adverb here. In a standard main clause, adverbs like this usually come immediately after the conjugated verb. It emphasizes how the donations make the amount: together.