Breakdown of Het brood is schimmelig geworden, daarom gooi ik het weg.
ik
I
zijn
to be
het brood
the bread
het
it
Questions & Answers about Het brood is schimmelig geworden, daarom gooi ik het weg.
Why do we use is ... geworden instead of heeft ... geworden?
In Dutch, the verb worden (to become) takes zijn (to be) as its helping verb in the perfect tense, rather than hebben (to have). That means 'has become' translates literally as 'is become' (is ... geworden).
Why is the word order gooi ik instead of ik gooi in the second part of the sentence?
The second clause starts with the adverb daarom (therefore / that is why). Whenever you start a main clause with a word other than the subject, the verb and subject swap places. This is a common rule called inversion.
Why is weg placed at the very end of the sentence?
It is part of the separable verb weggooien (to throw away). In a main clause like this one, the prefix (weg) separates from the conjugated verb (gooi) and gets pushed to the end of the clause.
The Dutch word for moldy is schimmelig. Is -ig a standard adjective ending?
Yes, the Dutch suffix -ig works just like the English suffix '-y'. The noun schimmel means 'mold' or 'fungus', so adding -ig turns it into the adjective schimmelig (moldy).