Breakdown of De aandeelhouder ontvangt een jaarlijks dividend.
de aandeelhouder
the shareholder
het dividend
the dividend
jaarlijks
annual / annually
Questions & Answers about De aandeelhouder ontvangt een jaarlijks dividend.
Why doesn't the adjective jaarlijks get an -e ending here?
Because dividend is a neuter noun (het dividend). When a het word is preceded by the indefinite article een, the adjective modifying it drops the -e ending. If it were a specific reference (het jaarlijkse dividend), the -e would return. This is a common rule from earlier levels that is easy to forget in complex business sentences!
Could I use krijgt instead of ontvangt here?
Grammatically, yes, as both mean to receive or get. However, ontvangen is more formal and is the standard choice in business, official, or financial contexts like this one. Krijgen would sound a bit too casual for a corporate dividend payout.
How is the word aandeelhouder constructed?
It is a compound of aandeel (share or portion) and houder (holder or keeper). In finance, an aandeel is a share of stock in a company, making the aandeelhouder the shareholder.
What are the past tense forms of ontvangen if I want to say the dividend was already paid out?
Ontvangen is a strong (irregular) verb. The singular simple past is ontving (The shareholder received = De aandeelhouder ontving), and the past participle is also ontvangen (The shareholder has received = De aandeelhouder heeft ontvangen).
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