Word
De vertraging geeft ons de kans om rustig koffie te drinken.
Meaning
The delay gives us the chance to drink coffee calmly.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of De vertraging geeft ons de kans om rustig koffie te drinken.
drinken
to drink
om
for
de koffie
the coffee
rustig
calmly
Questions & Answers about De vertraging geeft ons de kans om rustig koffie te drinken.
Why is it De vertraging and not Een vertraging?
In Dutch you can use both de vertraging (the delay) and een vertraging (a delay). Here the speaker refers to a specific delay that everyone has noticed (for example, the train is late), so they use the definite article de. If you were just talking in general about “a delay,” you would say een vertraging.
Why is the verb geeft and not geven?
Dutch verbs agree with their subjects. De vertraging is third‑person singular, so you add -t to the stem geef → geeft. If the subject were wij (we), you would say wij geven instead.
What is the role of om and te in om rustig koffie te drinken?
Om … te introduces an infinitive clause that expresses purpose: “in order to drink coffee calmly.”
– om marks the beginning of this subordinate clause.
– te goes right before the infinitive (drinken).
English has “to drink,” Dutch splits it into om + te + infinitive.
Why is drinken at the very end of the sentence?