Word
Zijn lichaamstaal verklaart elk gebaar dat hij maakt.
Meaning
His body language explains every gesture that he makes.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Zijn lichaamstaal verklaart elk gebaar dat hij maakt.
hij
he / it (referring to a 'de'-word)
maken
to make
zijn
his
dat
that/which (relative pronoun)
Questions & Answers about Zijn lichaamstaal verklaart elk gebaar dat hij maakt.
Why do we use dat instead of die for "that he makes"?
Because dat refers back to gebaar (gesture), which is a het-word (het gebaar). When a relative pronoun points back to a singular het-word, you always use dat. If it referred to a plural or a de-word, you would use die.
Why is it elk gebaar and not elke gebaar?
Gebaar is a het-word. For singular het-words without a definite article in front of them, determiners like elk (each/every) drop the -e ending. If the noun were a de-word like beweging (movement), it would be elke beweging.
Why is the verb maakt pushed to the very end of the sentence?
The part dat hij maakt is a relative clause, which functions as a subordinate clause. In Dutch subordinate clauses, the conjugated verb always gets pushed to the end.
Why is there an -s- in the middle of lichaamstaal?