Breakdown of Deze architectuur combineert een eigentijdse stijl met traditionele materialen.
een
a/an
met
with
deze
this / these
het materiaal
the material
de stijl
the style
combineren
to combine
de architectuur
the architecture
eigentijds
contemporary
traditioneel
traditional
Questions & Answers about Deze architectuur combineert een eigentijdse stijl met traditionele materialen.
How could I use deels ... deels (the topic of this lesson) to express a similar idea?
You could rewrite the concept as: Deze architectuur is deels eigentijds, deels traditioneel. Notice how we drop the -e endings on the adjectives here because they are used as predicates (after the verb) rather than placed directly in front of the nouns.
What is the literal meaning of eigentijdse, and how is the word formed?
It translates literally to "of its own time." It is a compound of eigen (own) and tijd (time), joined by the connecting letter -s- and the standard adjective ending -e.
Why does eigentijdse get an -e ending here even though it follows the indefinite article een?
Because stijl is a de-word (de stijl). Adjectives directly before a de-word always take the -e ending. You only leave the ending off when an adjective follows een before a het-word.
Why does materiaal lose an a when it becomes the plural materialen?
This is a classic spelling rule refresher: when you add the -en plural suffix, the final syllable of the root opens up. To maintain the long "a" sound in an open syllable without breaking Dutch spelling rules, the double vowel is reduced to a single a.
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