Breakdown of Ongeacht de prijs is dit het beste masker tegen blootstelling.
zijn
to be
dit
this (neuter)
tegen
against / to (speaking to)
de prijs
the price
best
best
ongeacht
regardless of
het masker
the mask
de blootstelling
the exposure
Questions & Answers about Ongeacht de prijs is dit het beste masker tegen blootstelling.
How do you use ongeacht compared to the English "regardless of"?
In Dutch, ongeacht functions as a full preposition all by itself. Unlike English, which needs the extra word "of" (regardless of), you place ongeacht directly before the noun phrase, making it ongeacht de prijs.
Why do we use is dit instead of dit is?
Because the sentence starts with the prepositional phrase Ongeacht de prijs, it triggers the verb-second (V2) rule. The finite verb is must take the second logical position in the sentence, which forces the subject dit to come immediately after it.
Why does the superlative beste take het here instead of de?
Because masker is a neuter noun (het masker). While superlatives are often paired with de (especially when referring to people), when a superlative modifies a specific het-word, the article must match the noun.
What verb is the noun blootstelling derived from?
It comes from the separable verb blootstellen, meaning "to expose". The noun is formed by adding the suffix -ing to the stem, creating blootstelling (exposure). Note that while the verb normally pairs with aan (to expose to), this sentence uses tegen because the mask protects against the exposure.
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