Questions & Answers about Ik moet het rapport lezen voor morgen.
Why is lezen placed at the end of the sentence?
Because Dutch uses verb-final word order in clauses with modal verbs. Moet is the finite (conjugated) modal verb and occupies second position. The main verb (lezen) remains in the infinitive and appears at the very end.
How do I conjugate the verb moeten in the present tense?
Moeten means have to or must. Its present-tense forms are:
• Ik moet
• Jij moet
• Hij/zij/het moet
• Wij/jullie/zij moeten
Here ik takes moet.
Why is the article het used before rapport?
Dutch nouns are either de-words or het-words. Rapport is a neuter noun, so it takes the definite article het. If you wanted to speak about any report in general, you’d use the indefinite article een: Ik moet een rapport lezen.
What exactly does voor morgen mean?
Voor morgen means by tomorrow or before tomorrow. It sets a deadline: you have to finish reading the report no later than tomorrow.