Word
We moeten de tekst rechtsonder in de lay-out plaatsen.
Meaning
We must place the text bottom right in the layout.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of We moeten de tekst rechtsonder in de lay-out plaatsen.
in
in
moeten
to have to, must
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
de tekst
the text
Questions & Answers about We moeten de tekst rechtsonder in de lay-out plaatsen.
Why is "bottom right" translated as rechtsonder? Shouldn't it be onderrechts?
In English, we usually state the vertical position before the horizontal one (bottom right, top left). Dutch does the exact opposite: the horizontal direction comes first, followed by the vertical. This gives us compound adverbs like rechtsonder (literally "right-bottom") and linksboven ("left-top").
Why does rechtsonder come before in de lay-out? Could I say in de lay-out rechtsonder instead?
You should stick to rechtsonder in de lay-out. When pinpointing a location, Dutch naturally places the specific directional adverb right before the prepositional phrase of the larger area it applies to. They act together as a single locative block, meaning "at the bottom-right of the layout".
Why is the English loanword spelled with a hyphen as lay-out?
Under official Dutch spelling rules, English loanwords that function as nouns and are made of a verb plus an adverb or preposition are written with a hyphen. You will see this same rule applied in words like make-up, push-up, and drive-in.
As a quick refresher, why is plaatsen placed at the very end of the sentence?