Breakdown of Wij tellen het wisselgeld en controleren zowel de kassa als de voorraad.
en
and
wij
we
controleren
to check
de kassa
the cash register
als
as (like / conjunction)
de voorraad
the stock
zowel
both (used with 'als')
tellen
to count
het wisselgeld
the change (money)
Questions & Answers about Wij tellen het wisselgeld en controleren zowel de kassa als de voorraad.
Why is there no subject after en?
This is an example of conjunction reduction (samentrekking). Because the subject wij is the same in both halves of the sentence (we count and we check), and it plays the exact same grammatical role, you can drop it in the second clause.
If we added a word like daarna after en, could we still leave out the subject?
No. If you added daarna (afterwards), it would force an inversion: en daarna controleren wij.... Because the word order changes from subject-verb in the first half to verb-subject in the second half, the rules for samentrekking say you must repeat the subject.
How do you use the structure zowel ... als?
The phrase zowel X als Y means "both X and Y". It is a correlative conjunction used to emphasize that two items are equally involved. In this sentence, it groups de kassa and de voorraad together as the targets of the verb controleren.
Can I use the word wisselgeld whenever I want to translate the English word "change"?
No, wisselgeld only refers to the literal money returned to you during a cash transaction. If you are talking about a change in a situation, the weather, or a plan, you must use a word like verandering.
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