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De hete soep is pikant, maar we hebben er nog niet van gegeten.
Meaning
The hot soup is spicy, but we have not eaten from it yet.
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Breakdown of De hete soep is pikant, maar we hebben er nog niet van gegeten.
zijn
to be
niet
not
maar
but
hebben
to have
Questions & Answers about De hete soep is pikant, maar we hebben er nog niet van gegeten.
Why does this sentence use both hete and pikant? Don't they both mean "hot"?
In English, "hot" can mean high in temperature or spicy. Dutch makes a clear distinction: heet refers to temperature, while pikant (or pittig) refers to the spice level. So De hete soep is pikant specifically means the high-temperature soup is also spicy.
Why do we use er ... van instead of translating "from it" directly?
In Dutch, you cannot combine a preposition with het (it). Instead of saying van het, you must create a pronominal adverb: ervan. In this sentence, it splits around nog niet, placing er early in the clause and pushing van toward the end.
Why is van placed right before the past participle gegeten?
When a pronominal adverb like ervan is split, the first part (er) usually goes as early as possible after the verb or subject. The preposition part (van) gets pushed toward the end of the clause, landing just before the verbs at the end (in this case, the past participle gegeten).
Since this lesson is about evenmin, how could I use it if both parts of the sentence were negative?