Breakdown of Meer parken bevorderen de gezondheid en de leefbaarheid.
en
and
het park
the park
meer
more
de gezondheid
the health
de leefbaarheid
the livability
bevorderen
to promote
Questions & Answers about Meer parken bevorderen de gezondheid en de leefbaarheid.
Why does the Dutch sentence use de gezondheid and de leefbaarheid when the English translation just says health and livability without the word the?
In Dutch, abstract nouns and general concepts often take a definite article (de or het) when you speak about them in a general sense. While English usually drops the article for broad concepts like health or nature, Dutch prefers to keep it.
The word bevorderen translates to promote here. Could I also use promoveren?
No, they are not interchangeable. Bevorderen is used when you mean to encourage, stimulate, or foster the progress of something (like health, safety, or economic growth). Promoveren is used specifically when a person is promoted to a higher job position, a sports team moves up to a higher league, or someone obtains a university doctorate.
Is leefbaarheid a common concept in Dutch?
Yes, it is a very common and culturally important term in the Netherlands and Flanders. It translates to livability and is constantly used in politics and city planning to describe how pleasant, safe, and well-maintained a neighborhood or environment is.
This lesson focuses on enerzijds ... anderzijds. If I wanted to use this sentence as the first half of a contrast, how would I add enerzijds?
You have two main options. You can place it at the beginning, which triggers verb inversion: Enerzijds bevorderen meer parken de gezondheid... (On the one hand, more parks promote...). Alternatively, you can place it right after the verb without changing the rest of the word order: Meer parken bevorderen enerzijds de gezondheid...
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