Breakdown of Zij postte het nieuwe blog vanmorgen.
zij
she
nieuw
new
vanmorgen
this morning
posten
to post
het blog
the blog
Questions & Answers about Zij postte het nieuwe blog vanmorgen.
Why does postte have a double 't'?
The Dutch verb is posten, borrowed from English. To form the past tense, we take the stem (post) and look at its final letter ('t'). Because 't' is a voiceless consonant (it is in the 't kofschip rule), we add the suffix -te. Combining the stem post with the ending -te results in postte.
Do I pronounce both 't's in postte?
No, you just pronounce a single 't' sound. The double 't' in writing shows the grammatical structure of the past tense. In speech, you just pronounce the English loanword stem followed by a short schwa sound for the suffix: "pos-tuh".
Why is it het nieuwe blog instead of het nieuw blog?
Because blog is a neuter (het) word, and this phrase uses the definite article het. When a het-word is preceded by het, the adjective gets the standard -e ending. It would only drop the -e if it were indefinite, as in een nieuw blog.
Why use vanmorgen instead of deze morgen?
While deze morgen literally translates to "this morning" and is grammatically correct, vanmorgen is the standard, much more natural way to say "this morning" in everyday Dutch. You will also see this fixed pattern in vanmiddag (this afternoon) and vanavond (this evening).
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