Word
Onze butler vervult elke wens feilloos.
Meaning
Our butler fulfills every wish flawlessly.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Onze butler vervult elke wens feilloos.
onze
our (de-words, plurals)
elk
each, every
de wens
the wish
de butler
the butler
Questions & Answers about Onze butler vervult elke wens feilloos.
What makes up the word feilloos?
The word feilloos comes from feil (an old word for mistake or flaw, related to 'falen' or the English 'fail') and the suffix -loos (meaning 'less' or 'without'). So, it literally translates to 'flawless'. A common synonym you might already know is foutloos.
Is vervult from a separable or inseparable verb?
It is inseparable. The verb is vervullen (to fulfill). Because it starts with the unstressed prefix ver-, it cannot be split, unlike verbs with stressed prefixes such as aanvullen (to supplement) or invullen (to fill in).
Why is it elke wens instead of elk wens?
Wens is a de-word (de wens). As a quick refresher: the word for 'each' or 'every' takes an -e ending before de-words (elke wens), but drops the -e before het-words (for example, elk huis).
This lesson focuses on minimal conditionals. How could we rewrite the idea of this sentence using the hoeft maar ... of structure?