Breakdown of De banaan is lekker en goedkoop.
lekker
tasty / nicely / pleasantly
goedkoop
cheap
de banaan
the banana
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Questions & Answers about De banaan is lekker en goedkoop.
If I wanted to say 'It is not a banana,' would I use niet or geen?
You would use geen. Since this lesson focuses on noun negation, remember that geen means 'not a' or 'no'. To say 'It is not a banana', you would say Het is geen banaan. You use geen instead of niet to negate nouns that have een (a/an) or no article at all.
Why don't the adjectives lekker and goedkoop get an -e at the end here?
In Dutch, adjectives only get an extra -e ending when they come directly before the noun, like in de lekkere banaan. Because lekker and goedkoop come after the verb is, they stay in their basic, uninflected form.
Lekker means 'tasty' here, but can it be used for things other than food?
Yes! Lekker is an extremely common Dutch word. While it means 'tasty' for food, it is used for almost anything nice, pleasant, or comfortable. For instance, nice weather is lekker weer, and sleeping well is lekker slapen.
Goedkoop looks like a compound word. What is it made of?