Breakdown of Is dit het einde van onze reis?
zijn
to be
onze
our (de-words, plurals)
dit
this (neuter)
de reis
the journey / the trip
van
from (possession, starting point) / made of
het einde
the end
Questions & Answers about Is dit het einde van onze reis?
Since this lesson is about the suffix -loos, how can we turn het einde into an adjective meaning endless?
You add the suffix -loos to the noun to indicate absence, making eindeloos (endless). Notice that it keeps the linking e. You could use it to describe a long trip: een eindeloze reis (an endless journey).
Why is it dit and not deze in this sentence?
When using this or that as a standalone pronoun with the verb zijn (to be) to introduce a subject, Dutch always uses the neutral forms dit or dat regardless of the noun's gender. Furthermore, einde is a het-word, so dit is the correct demonstrative pronoun to match it anyway.
I sometimes mix up ons and onze. Why is it onze reis here?
Reis is a de-word. The possessive pronoun for our takes the form onze before all de-words and plural nouns. You only use ons before singular het-words.
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