Breakdown of Elk pakket in het distributiecentrum moet worden gescand.
in
in
moeten
to have to, must
het pakket
the package
worden
to become
elk
each, every
scannen
to scan
het distributiecentrum
the distribution center
Questions & Answers about Elk pakket in het distributiecentrum moet worden gescand.
Why is it elk pakket and not elke pakket?
Because pakket is a het word (neuter). The word for "every" or "each" is usually elke for de words, but it drops the -e and becomes elk for singular het words.
How does the passive voice work in moet worden gescand?
To say that something "must be done", Dutch uses moet worden followed by a past participle. Here, moet (must) is the modal verb, worden (be) creates the passive voice, and gescand (scanned) is the action happening to the subject.
Why does the past participle gescand end in a -d?
It follows the standard Dutch rules for past participles, even though it comes from the English loanword scannen. The stem of the verb is scan. Since the final letter 'n' is not in the 't kofschip consonants, the past participle gets a -d at the end.
Why is distributiecentrum written as one long word?
Dutch writes compound nouns as a single word without spaces. You simply glue the nouns together, combining distributie (distribution) and centrum (center) into one word.
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