Word
Blijf vastberaden en accepteer dat offer!
Meaning
Stay determined and accept that sacrifice!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Blijf vastberaden en accepteer dat offer!
en
and
dat
that (het-words)
blijven
to stay
accepteren
to accept
Questions & Answers about Blijf vastberaden en accepteer dat offer!
How is the word vastberaden formed?
It is a combination of vast (firm or fixed) and beraden (deliberated or advised). Literally meaning "firmly deliberated," it is the standard Dutch word for "determined" or "resolute."
Since this lesson covers the subjunctive, are blijf and accepteer subjunctive forms?
No, they are standard imperatives (commands). The formulaic present subjunctive in Dutch typically ends in -e (as seen in fixed expressions like Leve de koning!) and expresses a wish or formal decree. Here, the speaker is directly telling someone what to do, so the regular imperative is used, which is simply the verb stem.
Why is it dat offer and not die offer?
Offer (sacrifice) is a neuter noun, meaning it takes the definite article het (het offer). When pointing out a specific het word to mean "that [noun]," you must use the demonstrative pronoun dat. You only use die for de words or for plurals.
Could I give this command using the infinitives blijven and accepteren instead?