Breakdown of Zij neemt deel aan de ronde met veel talent.
het talent
the talent
deelnemen aan
to take part in
Questions & Answers about Zij neemt deel aan de ronde met veel talent.
Why are the words neemt and deel separated in this sentence?
They come from the separable verb deelnemen (to participate / to take part). In a standard main clause, the core verb (neemt) takes the second position, while the prefix (deel) gets pushed further back in the sentence.
Why do we use aan to mean "in" here?
The verb deelnemen requires a fixed preposition. Whenever you want to say that someone participates "in" something, you must use the combination deelnemen aan.
Since this lesson is about zelfs (even) and vooral (especially), how would I add them to this sentence?
Focus adverbs go right before the part of the sentence they emphasize. To say "Even she takes part...", you put it right before the subject: Zelfs zij neemt deel aan de ronde... To say she especially takes part in this round, you would place it before the phrase it modifies: Zij neemt vooral deel aan de ronde...
The English translation says "great talent", but the Dutch says veel talent. Why not groot talent?
While English uses the adjective "great" to describe talent, Dutch uses veel (a lot of / much). If you use the phrase een groot talent in Dutch, it usually refers to a talented person (like a prodigy) rather than the amount of skill someone possesses.
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