Dit voorstel voldoet aan mijn verwachting.

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Breakdown of Dit voorstel voldoet aan mijn verwachting.

• dit: this
• het voorstel: the proposal
• de verwachting: the expectation
• voldoen aan: to meet

Questions & Answers about Dit voorstel voldoet aan mijn verwachting.

Why is there aan after voldoet?

The Dutch verb voldoen always takes a prepositional object introduced by aan. In English you say “to meet expectations,” but in Dutch you must say voldoen aan iets (“to satisfy something,” literally “to comply to something”).

Is voldoen a separable verb?

No. voldoen is inseparable: its prefix vol stays attached to doen, so you never split it into doet … vol. The aan following it is simply the preposition for its object, not a separable particle.

Why is mijn verwachting singular, when in English we say “my expectations”?

Dutch often uses the singular verwachting for a general or overall expectation. If you want to stress multiple distinct expectations, you can say mijn verwachtingen in the plural. Both are correct, but singular is common when referring to one general standard or hope.

How does the word order work in this main clause?

Dutch main clauses follow the V2 rule: the finite verb stands in second position. Here you have:

1. Dit voorstel (subject)
2. voldoet (finite verb)
3. aan mijn verwachting (prepositional object)

So the verb stays right after the subject, and the rest of the sentence follows.

How would I turn this into a yes/no question?

Invert the finite verb and the subject. You get: Voldoet dit voorstel aan mijn verwachting?

The rest stays in the same order.

What happens when I put this idea in a subordinate clause?

In Dutch subordinate clauses the finite verb goes to the end (SOV order). For example: Ik denk dat dit voorstel aan mijn verwachting voldoet.

Here voldoet moves to the very end of the clause.

What are the past tense and past participle forms of voldoen?

voldoen is a strong verb with these forms: • Past singular/plural: voldeed / volden
• Past participle: voldaan

Examples: • Dit voorstel voldeed aan mijn verwachting.
• Dit voorstel heeft aan mijn verwachting voldaan.

Why is it dit voorstel and not deze voorstel?

voorstel is a het-word (neuter noun), so the correct demonstrative is dit. If it were a de-word you would use deze.