De directeur heeft nog een trendy logo te controleren.
The director still has a trendy logo to check.
Breakdown of De directeur heeft nog een trendy logo te controleren.
een
a/an
hebben
to have
controleren
to check
nog
still, yet / more, another (with a quantity)
Questions & Answers about De directeur heeft nog een trendy logo te controleren.
Why is the adjective trendy written without an -e at the end?
Trendy is an English loanword ending in a vowel sound. In Dutch, adjectives like this (as well as words like gratis, plastic, or roze) are invariable. This means they never get an -e ending, no matter the noun's gender or whether you use de, het, or een.
Since logo is a het word, wouldn't a normal adjective also drop the -e here?
Exactly! Because it is het logo, a regular adjective would drop the -e after een anyway (for example, een nieuw logo). However, because trendy is invariable, it stays exactly the same even when used with a de word or a definite article, like in de trendy auto or het trendy logo.
How does the heeft ... te controleren structure work?
It translates directly to the English structure "has [something] to [verb]". Just like in English, heeft is the main verb and te controleren (to check) is placed at the very end of the clause. It highlights that the director has a specific pending task left to do.
Is controleren a false friend for English speakers?