Breakdown of Zij bekijkt het bedrag op de bankpas.
de bankpas
the debit card
het bedrag
the amount
bekijken
to look at, to examine
Questions & Answers about Zij bekijkt het bedrag op de bankpas.
How would I say "She has looked at the amount" using the rules from this lesson?
To form the perfect tense, we need the past participle of bekijken. Because the verb starts with the unstressed prefix be-, it does not get the standard ge- added to the front. The past participle is simply bekeken. The full sentence in the past perfect is: Zij heeft het bedrag op de bankpas bekeken.
The English translation says "looks at", so why does the Dutch sentence use bekijkt instead of kijkt naar?
You could definitely say Zij kijkt naar het bedrag. However, adding the prefix be- to the verb kijken (to look) turns it into bekijken, which means to examine or look closely at something. When you use bekijken, the action is direct, so you do not need to use the preposition naar.
Why is it het bedrag but de bankpas?
Is a bankpas the same thing as a credit card?
No, a bankpas (also frequently called a pinpas) is a standard debit card linked directly to your checking account. Credit cards (de creditcard) are rarely used for daily shopping or groceries in the Netherlands.
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