Questions & Answers about Een factor is belangrijk.
Een is the indefinite article, like a/an in English. You use it when you mean a factor in a general or non-specific way.
The noun factor is a de-word, so the definite form is de factor. Het factor is not correct in standard Dutch.
One useful thing to remember: een is used with both de-words and het-words, so you have to learn the definite article separately.
Because factor is singular.
Dutch verb forms agree with the subject:
- een factor is
- factoren zijn
So if the subject becomes plural, the verb changes too.