Breakdown of De winkel stuurt een digitale factuur na elke bestelling.
elke
every
de winkel
the store
na
after
een
a, an
sturen
to send
digitaal
digital
de bestelling
the order
de factuur
the invoice
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Questions & Answers about De winkel stuurt een digitale factuur na elke bestelling.
What are the subject, verb, and object in this sentence?
- Subject: De winkel
- Verb: stuurt
- Direct object: een digitale factuur
- Adverbial phrase (time): na elke bestelling
Why is the phrase na elke bestelling placed at the end, and could it go elsewhere?
In Dutch main clauses the default order is Subject–Verb–Object–(adverbial). Time or circumstance phrases like na elke bestelling can appear either at the end or the beginning. If you start with it, you must invert subject and verb:
Example:
Na elke bestelling stuurt de winkel een digitale factuur.
Why is digitale written with an -e at the end?
Dutch adjectives get an -e when they precede any noun that is:
1) accompanied by de (definite article), or
2) accompanied by een plus an adjective.
Here you have een digitale factuur, so digitale takes -e.
Why een digitale factuur and not de digitale factuur?
- een = indefinite article (“a/an”), general reference
- de = definite article (“the”), specific reference
Using een means “a digital invoice” in general; de digitale factuur would refer to one specific invoice already known in context.
What is the difference between na and nadat, both meaning “after”?
- na is a preposition and must be followed by a noun or noun phrase:
– na elke bestelling - nadat is a subordinating conjunction and must be followed by a clause with its own verb:
– nadat elke bestelling is geplaatst
Why is it elke bestelling (singular) and not elke bestellingen (plural)?
The determiner elke (“each/every”) only goes with singular nouns in Dutch. If you want a plural sense without “each,” you can say na bestellingen (after orders) but drop elke.