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De nieuwe zanger wordt op het feest verwelkomd door onze vrienden.
Meaning
The new singer is welcomed at the party by our friends.
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Breakdown of De nieuwe zanger wordt op het feest verwelkomd door onze vrienden.
nieuw
new
de vriend
the friend
onze
our
worden
to get
het feest
the party
door
by
de zanger
the singer
op
at
verwelkomen
to welcome
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Questions & Answers about De nieuwe zanger wordt op het feest verwelkomd door onze vrienden.
How is the passive voice constructed in this sentence?
In Dutch, the passive voice is formed by combining the auxiliary verb with the past participle of the main verb. In this sentence, wordt is used (present tense of worden) together with the past participle verwelkomd (from verwelkomen) to form the present passive construction.
What is the role of door in this sentence?
The word door introduces the agent of the action in a passive sentence. It is equivalent to "by" in English and indicates who performs the action. Here, door onze vrienden tells us that our friends are the ones doing the welcoming.
Why is the phrase op het feest placed between wordt and verwelkomd?
In Dutch sentence structure, adverbial phrases that indicate time or place often come after the finite verb (here, wordt) and before the past participle (here, verwelkomd). This placement helps to clearly set the context (i.e., "at the party") for when or where the action occurs.
Why are different definite articles (de and het) used for zanger and feest?
Dutch nouns are gendered. Zanger is a common gender noun and takes the definite article de, while feest is a neuter noun and uses het. The choice of articles reflects the grammatical gender of the nouns in Dutch.
What tense is the sentence written in?
The sentence is in the present passive tense. The auxiliary wordt is in the present tense of worden, and when it’s combined with the past participle verwelkomd, the result is the present passive construction.
How would you convert this passive sentence into its active form?
To convert the sentence into active voice, you would make the agent (currently introduced by door onze vrienden) the subject. The active version is: Onze vrienden verwelkomen de nieuwe zanger op het feest. This reorders the sentence so that the doers of the action (our friends) come first.
Does the adjective nieuwe require any special ending in this context?
No special ending is needed here. In Dutch, when an adjective is used with a definite article (as in de nieuwe zanger), it generally takes the -e ending. Since zanger is a common gender noun with the article de, nieuwe is correctly inflected with -e.
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