Questions & Answers about Ik check de kaartjes online.
What is the function and origin of check in this sentence?
The word check here is a loanword from English, meaning to check or to inspect. In Dutch it’s used informally as a transitive verb (checken). You can replace it with the native verb controleren if you want a more formal tone.
How do you conjugate checken in the present tense?
Why is the word kaartjes used instead of kaart?
Kaartje is the diminutive of kaart. While kaart can mean map or card, kaartje commonly means ticket. The -je ending makes it a diminutive, and the plural is kaartjes.
Why is the definite article de used, and not het?