Breakdown of De hacker steelt vooral persoonlijke informatie.
de informatie
the information
vooral
especially
stelen
to steal
persoonlijk
personal
de hacker
the hacker
Questions & Answers about De hacker steelt vooral persoonlijke informatie.
How would I use the lesson's topic, iemands, to say the hacker steals "someone's" personal information?
You would place it right before the noun phrase, just like in English: De hacker steelt vooral iemands persoonlijke informatie. As a possessive indefinite pronoun, iemands (someone's) acts like an article here, and the adjective persoonlijke keeps its -e ending.
Why does persoonlijke get an -e ending in this sentence?
Informatie is a de-word (de informatie). When an adjective is placed directly in front of a noun that takes de, it almost always gets an -e added to the end. The base adjective is persoonlijk.
Why is vooral placed right before persoonlijke informatie instead of at the end of the sentence?
In Dutch, adverbs like vooral (mainly/especially) generally stay close to the specific phrase they modify. Here, it highlights the specific type of data being stolen, so it sits directly in front of persoonlijke informatie for emphasis.
Could I use meestal instead of vooral to say "mainly" here?
They have slightly different meanings. Meestal means "mostly" in the sense of time or frequency (usually). Vooral means "mainly" or "especially" in the sense of focus or priority. Since the sentence focuses on the type of information targeted, vooral is the correct choice.
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