Learn Hardcore Dutch: In het voorjaar hangen we kleurige slingers waar de zonnestralen goed te zien zijn. - In early spring we hang colorful garlands where the sunbeams are clearly visible.

in means “in,” and het is the definite article “the.”
In Dutch, when you use a prepositional phrase with a season, you normally include the article.
So in het voorjaar literally means “in the spring.”

Why does the verb hangen come before the subject we?

Dutch is a V2 (verb‐second) language.
When you start a sentence with an adverbial phrase (In het voorjaar), the finite verb must occupy the second position.
That pushes the subject (we) to third place: “In het voorjaar hangen we …”

Why is there no article before kleurige slingers?

In Dutch, you can omit the indefinite article (a/an) when speaking in general terms.
“We hangen kleurige slingers” simply means “We hang (some) colorful streamers.”
If you wanted to say “some,” you could add wat: “we hangen wat kleurige slingers.”

Why does kleurige get an -e ending here?

Adjectives in Dutch take an -e ending when they precede a noun in plural or when there is a definite article/demonstrative.
Here slingers is plural, so kleurig becomes kleurige: “kleurige slingers.”

How does waar function in waar de zonnestralen goed te zien zijn?

waar is a relative adverb meaning “where.”
It introduces a relative clause describing the place: “where the sunbeams are clearly visible.”
Internally that clause follows Dutch word order (verb‐final in subordinate clauses).

What does goed te zien zijn mean, and why use this construction?

goed te zien zijn literally means “to be easy to see” or “to be clearly visible.”
Dutch often uses te + infinitive + zijn to express that something can be done or is possible.
Here it emphasizes that the sunbeams are plainly visible through the streamers.

What is zonnestralen, and how is this word formed?