Breakdown of Buiten dat de kleuren expressief zijn, is de stijl uniek.
zijn
to be
de kleur
the color
uniek
unique
de stijl
the style
Questions & Answers about Buiten dat de kleuren expressief zijn, is de stijl uniek.
What is the difference between using buiten and buiten dat in this sentence?
Buiten dat acts as a subordinating conjunction meaning besides the fact that or apart from. While buiten on its own is a preposition (meaning outside or except), adding dat allows it to introduce a full dependent clause with its own subject and verb.
Why is the main clause verb order is de stijl instead of de stijl is?
Why is the verb zijn placed at the very end of the first clause?
Because buiten dat introduces a subordinate clause. In Dutch subordinate clauses, all verbs are pushed to the end. This is why zijn comes after the adjective expressief rather than directly after the subject de kleuren.
Why doesn't the adjective expressief get an -e at the end, even though kleuren is plural?