Breakdown of Het contract voor deze simkaart is niet transparant.
zijn
to be
niet
not
deze
this / these
voor
to (time), before
het contract
the contract
transparant
transparent
de simkaart
the SIM card
Questions & Answers about Het contract voor deze simkaart is niet transparant.
How would I turn this sentence into an indirect question using in hoeverre?
To use the grammar from this lesson, you might say 'We are investigating to what extent the contract for this SIM card is not transparent'. In Dutch, this becomes: We onderzoeken in hoeverre het contract voor deze simkaart niet transparant is. Notice how in hoeverre acts as a subordinating conjunction, kicking the conjugated verb (is) to the very end of the clause.
Why do we say het contract but deze simkaart?
Contract is a neuter word (het contract), so if you wanted to say 'this contract', it would be dit contract. Simkaart is a common-gender word (because of de kaart), which takes deze for 'this'. Remember that in Dutch compound words, the final noun always determines the gender of the whole word.
Is transparant used metaphorically here just like in English?
Yes. Just like in English, transparant can be used literally (meaning see-through) or metaphorically (meaning clear, honest, and easy to understand). When talking about a contract or business dealings, it implies the rules and costs are clearly stated without hidden traps.
Where does the syllable stress fall on contract and transparant?
In Dutch, many loanwords of French or Latin origin place the stress on the final syllable. You pronounce them as con-TRACT and trans-pa-RANT.
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