Breakdown of De klimmer leert inbinden en zekeren.
leren
to learn
en
and
de klimmer
the climber
zekeren
to belay
Questions & Answers about De klimmer leert inbinden en zekeren.
Why is it de klimmer and not het klimmer?
Klimmer is a de-word. Nouns for people are very often de nouns, and person nouns ending in -er are commonly de as well.
Compare:
- de leraar
- de bakker
- de speler
- de klimmer
So de klimmer is the correct form.
What does leert mean here, and why does it end in -t?
Leert is the present-tense form of leren for a third-person singular subject.
Conjugation:
- ik leer
- jij leert
- hij/zij leert
- wij leren
Because the subject is de klimmer, Dutch uses the hij/zij form, so you get leert.
Can leren also mean to teach?