Word
De vervallen fabriek zal een modern kantoor worden.
Meaning
The decayed factory will become a modern office.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of De vervallen fabriek zal een modern kantoor worden.
een
a/an
het kantoor
the office
zullen
shall / will
worden
to become
Questions & Answers about De vervallen fabriek zal een modern kantoor worden.
Why is it een modern kantoor without an -e on the end of modern?
Kantoor is a neuter (het) word. When a neuter noun is used with the indefinite article een, the adjective describing it does not get an -e ending. If it were a specific office, it would be het moderne kantoor.
Vervallen means "decayed" here. Does it have other common meanings?
Yes, vervallen is widely used in everyday Dutch to mean "expired" or "cancelled." You will frequently see it used for an expired passport or a cancelled train (De trein is vervallen).
This lesson focuses on the prefix her-. How would we use that to say the factory will be "rebuilt"?
You can use the verb herbouwen (to rebuild). To say "The factory will be rebuilt," you would say De fabriek zal worden herbouwd. The her- prefix adds the meaning of repeating an action, just like "re-" in English.
If the factory is being stripped of its old machinery, how could we express that using an ont- verb from this lesson?
You could use the verb ontmantelen (to dismantle). The ont- prefix usually indicates depriving something, removing a part, or reversing a state, which fits perfectly when stripping down a building before its renovation.