Learn Dutch: De aannemer zal het huis nog niet opleveren. - The contractor will not deliver the house yet.

De aannemer zal het huis nog niet opleveren.

The contractor will not deliver the house yet.

Breakdown of De aannemer zal het huis nog niet opleveren.

still, yet / more, another (with a quantity)

Questions & Answers about De aannemer zal het huis nog niet opleveren.

Why do we use nog niet instead of nog geen in this sentence?

We use nog niet because we are negating a specific noun, het huis (the house). If the sentence were about an unspecified house (like 'a house'), we would use nog geen (e.g., De aannemer zal nog geen huis opleveren).

Why is nog niet placed after het huis?

In Dutch, negation words usually come after a specific direct object. Because het huis uses the definite article het, it is a specific object, so the phrase nog niet must follow it.

Why is the verb opleveren at the very end of the sentence?

This sentence uses zal (will) as the conjugated verb in the second position. Whenever you use a modal or auxiliary verb in Dutch, the main verb (opleveren) gets pushed to the very end of the sentence in its full infinitive form.

I know the verb leveren means 'to deliver'. Why use opleveren here?

While leveren is used for delivering goods or packages (like mail), opleveren is a separable verb used specifically in construction and real estate. It means to finish a building project and officially hand it over to the owner.