Breakdown of Het afgelopen jaar was onvergetelijk.
onvergetelijk
unforgettable
afgelopen
past / last (of a period)
Questions & Answers about Het afgelopen jaar was onvergetelijk.
Why doesn't afgelopen get an -e ending here, like het mooie jaar?
When an adjective is actually a past participle that ends in -en, it does not get the extra -e ending. Because afgelopen ends in -en, it stays exactly as it is, even after the definite article het.
What is the difference between het afgelopen jaar and vorig jaar?
Vorig jaar usually refers to the previous calendar year. Het afgelopen jaar usually focuses on the continuous span of the past twelve months leading right up to the present moment. Notice also that vorig takes an -e ending when used with het (het vorige jaar) because it is a regular adjective.
How do the parts of the word onvergetelijk work together?
It is built from the verb vergeten (to forget). The prefix on- makes it negative (un-), and the suffix -lijk turns it into an adjective meaning that something has the quality of the verb (-able). Together, they form the meaning unforgettable.
How would I add a temporal dat clause to this sentence, like the current lesson teaches?
You could expand this sentence to describe what happened during that time. For example: Het afgelopen jaar, dat we in Amsterdam woonden, was onvergetelijk. In this case, the temporal dat replaces waarin (in which) to signify the year during which you lived in Amsterdam.
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