Questions & Answers about Deze stijl past goed in de kamer.
What is the difference between deze and dit in Dutch?
deze and dit are demonstrative pronouns. Use deze with de-words (common-gender nouns) and dit with het-words (neuter nouns). Since stijl is a de-word, you say deze stijl.
Is past here a past tense because it looks like the English word “past”?
No. In Dutch, past is the present tense, third-person singular of the verb passen (“to fit”). The English past tense “fitted” corresponds to Dutch paste, but here past simply means “(it) fits.”
What role does goed play? Can I omit it?
goed is an adverb modifying past (“fits well”). You can say Deze stijl past in de kamer, but without goed it just means “fits” without emphasizing that it “fits nicely” or “very well.”
Why do we use in here? Could we say op de kamer or bij de kamer instead?