Breakdown of De leerling heeft een perfect rapport.
het rapport
the report card / the report (document)
perfect
perfect
de leerling
the pupil
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Questions & Answers about De leerling heeft een perfect rapport.
If I wanted to add zelfs to say "Even the pupil has a perfect report card", where would it go?
Focus adverbs like zelfs (even) and vooral (especially) usually go right before the part of the sentence they emphasize. To emphasize the pupil, you would say: Zelfs de leerling heeft een perfect rapport. If you wanted to emphasize the report card instead, it would be: De leerling heeft zelfs een perfect rapport.
Why is the adjective perfect instead of perfecte?
Rapport is a het-word (het rapport). A major rule in Dutch is that when a het-word is preceded by een (a/an), the adjective before it does not get an -e at the end. If it were specific ("the perfect report card"), you would add the -e: het perfecte rapport.
Could I use student instead of leerling here?
You could, but it changes the age of the person you're talking about. In Dutch, a leerling is a pupil in primary or high school. A student specifically refers to someone studying in higher education, like a university. Since younger kids typically get a rapport (report card), leerling is the most natural fit.
Does rapport just mean any kind of report?