Learn Dutch: We krijgen het scharnier muurvast terwijl we het zijpaneel vasthouden. - We get the hinge rock-solid while we hold the side panel.

This highlights the current lesson's focus. Using krijgen (to get) with a direct object (het scharnier) and an adjective (muurvast) expresses that a state was achieved through effort. It is very similar to the English 'to get something fixed' or 'to get something securely fastened', implying you worked at it to make it happen.

Muurvast translates to 'rock-solid'. What is the literal translation of this word?

It literally means 'wall-fast' or 'wall-secure' (muur + vast). Dutch frequently creates strong adjectives by attaching a noun to the front, similar to 'ice-cold' (ijskoud) or 'bone-dry' (kurkdroog).

Why are vast and houden pushed together at the end as vasthouden?

The conjunction terwijl (while) introduces a subordinate clause. In Dutch subordinate clauses, verbs are sent to the end of the sentence. Because vasthouden is a separable verb, its prefix (vast) and the core verb (houden) are forced back together into a single word when they both land at the end.

How do we know to use het for zijpaneel?