Breakdown of Volgens de nieuwste weersvoorspelling blijft het droog tijdens onze wandeling.
nieuw
new
onze
our
het
it
tijdens
during
blijven
to stay
de wandeling
the walk
volgens
according to
de weersvoorspelling
the weather forecast
droog
dry
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Questions & Answers about Volgens de nieuwste weersvoorspelling blijft het droog tijdens onze wandeling.
What does volgens mean and how is it used?
volgens means according to. It is a preposition that takes a noun phrase indicating the source directly. No extra preposition is needed. For example: volgens de krant (according to the newspaper).
Why do we say de nieuwste weersvoorspelling and not het nieuwste weersvoorspelling?
weersvoorspelling is a de-word (common gender), so it takes the article de. The adjective nieuwste takes an -e ending because any adjective before a definite singular noun with de is inflected (e.g. de grote hond, de nieuwste film).
What is the role of het in blijft het droog? Is it referring to something?
In het droog blijven, het is a dummy pronoun (an impersonal it). It does not refer to anything specific; it just fills the subject position in an impersonal weather expression, similar to English it in it stays dry.
Why does blijft end with -t?
Because the subject het is third-person singular, Dutch verbs in the present tense add -t for third-person singular: ik blijf, jij blijft, hij blijft.
Why is the word order prepositional phrase – verb – subject – rest instead of subject – verb – object?
Dutch is a verb-second (V2) language. The finite verb must occupy the second position in a main clause. When the sentence starts with a prepositional phrase (here Volgens de nieuwste weersvoorspelling), the verb (blijft) comes next, and the subject (het) follows.
What does tijdens mean and how do you use it?
tijdens means during. It is a preposition that indicates something happens in the course of another event. It is followed directly by a noun phrase: tijdens de les, tijdens onze wandeling.
Why is there an -s in weersvoorspelling?
When forming noun compounds in Dutch, a linking element often appears between the two nouns. In weersvoorspelling, the -s- links weer (weather) with voorspelling (prediction). This linking s is common in many Dutch compounds.