Ik fiets naar de stad.

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Breakdown of Ik fiets naar de stad.

• naar: to
• fietsen: to bike
• de stad: the city

Questions & Answers about Ik fiets naar de stad.

What does Ik mean in this sentence?

Ik is the Dutch word for the English pronoun I. It is the subject of the sentence and indicates who is performing the action.

Why is the verb form fiets used instead of fietst after Ik?

In Dutch, the verb fietsen (to bike) is conjugated differently depending on the subject. For the first person singular, ik, the correct form is fiets. The -t ending is added for the second and third person singular (e.g., jij fietst or hij fietst), but not for ik.

What does the preposition naar indicate in this sentence?

Naar translates to to in English. It is used here as a preposition to show direction or movement toward the destination, which is de stad (the city).

Is fiets being used as a noun or a verb in this sentence, and what does it mean?

In this sentence, fiets is the conjugated form of the verb fietsen, meaning to bike or to cycle. Although fiets can also be a noun (meaning bicycle), here it tells us the action that the subject (ik) is performing.

Why is the definite article de used before stad?

In Dutch, nouns have a gender, and most common nouns belong to the common gender, which takes the definite article de. The word stad (meaning city or town) is a common gender noun, so it correctly appears as de stad in this sentence.