Breakdown of We hebben nog geen plan voor de fondsenwerving van volgend jaar.
hebben
to have
geen
no / not any
het jaar
the year
voor
for (on behalf of)
van
from (possession, starting point) / made of
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
nog
still, yet / more, another (with a quantity)
het plan
the plan
volgend
next
de fondsenwerving
the fundraising
Questions & Answers about We hebben nog geen plan voor de fondsenwerving van volgend jaar.
Why do we use nog geen here instead of nog niet?
In Dutch, when you negate a noun that would normally take the indefinite article een (a plan), you must use geen. To say "not a [noun] yet" or "no [noun] yet", you combine nog (yet/still) with geen, resulting in nog geen plan. Using nog niet een plan is grammatically incorrect.
How does the compound word fondsenwerving work?
It is made up of fondsen (funds) and werving (recruitment or gathering). The word werving comes from the verb werven, which means to recruit, attract, or raise. Put together, it translates perfectly to the English concept of "fundraising".
English uses the possessive "next year's". Why does Dutch use van volgend jaar?
Dutch rarely uses the 's possessive structure for inanimate objects, concepts, or time expressions. Instead, it relies on the preposition van (of) to show possession or association. So, "next year's fundraising" is phrased literally as "the fundraising of next year" (de fondsenwerving van volgend jaar).
Why isn't there an -e at the end of volgend?
Jaar is a neuter noun (het jaar). In Dutch grammar, adjectives preceding a singular het-word do not get the -e ending unless they are preceded by a definite article like het, dit, or dat. Since there is no article before it here, it drops the ending and remains volgend jaar.
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