Breakdown of Dit is een heel andere versie dan de vorige.
zijn
to be
een
a/an
heel
very
dit
this (neuter)
vorig
previous / last
dan
than
ander
other
de versie
the version (text, software)
Questions & Answers about Dit is een heel andere versie dan de vorige.
Why do we use dan in this sentence instead of als?
When pointing out a difference, Dutch uses dan. Because the sentence uses andere (different or other), it must be paired with dan, similar to how you use it with comparative adjectives like beter dan. You would only use als for exact similarities, such as dezelfde als (the same as).
Why is it heel andere and not hele andere?
In this sentence, heel is an adverb meaning "very" that modifies the adjective andere. Adverbs do not take an -e ending. If you wrote hele, it would act as an adjective modifying versie, literally meaning a "whole" other version.
Why does andere get an -e ending here even though it follows the indefinite article een?
The word versie is a de-word. For de-words, the adjective always gets the -e ending, even after the indefinite article een. You only drop the -e after een if the noun is a het-word.
Why isn't there a translation for the English word "one" at the end of the sentence?
Dutch doesn't use a dummy pronoun like "one" to avoid repeating a noun. Instead, you just use the article and the adjective on their own. De vorige perfectly translates "the previous one".
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