Breakdown of Deze vertaling mist de nuance van het dialect.
het dialect
the dialect
de vertaling
the translation
Questions & Answers about Deze vertaling mist de nuance van het dialect.
How could I use this lesson's grammar to say 'This nuance is hard to translate'?
You would use the adjective + te + infinitive structure you are learning. It becomes: Deze nuance is moeilijk te vertalen. The original object (de nuance) becomes the subject of the sentence, and you do not need to repeat it at the end.
In English, we might say 'lacks' instead of 'misses'. Could I use the Dutch verb ontbreken (to lack) here?
Yes, but it requires a different sentence structure because ontbreken is intransitive and doesn't take a direct object in the same way. You would say: De nuance van het dialect ontbreekt in deze vertaling (The nuance of the dialect is lacking in this translation).
Because nuance is a French loanword, how is it pronounced in Dutch?
Why do we use van het dialect instead of a genitive (possessive) case like we occasionally see in older texts?
Modern Dutch almost entirely relies on van to show possession or relationship ('of the'). The old genitive forms are now considered archaic or highly formal, surviving mostly in fixed daily idioms like 's avonds (in the evening) or desondanks (nevertheless). For everyday sentences like this, always use van.
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