Ik ontving een e-mail over studentenkorting voor de tram.

I received an email about student discount for the tram.

Breakdown of Ik ontving een e-mail over studentenkorting voor de tram.

• ik: I
• voor: for
• over: about
• een: a, an

Questions & Answers about Ik ontving een e-mail over studentenkorting voor de tram.

Why is the simple past ontving used instead of a perfect tense form?

In Dutch you can express past actions with either the simple past or the present perfect. Ontving is the simple past of ontvangen (“to receive”) and is common in written or formal contexts. In everyday speech you’ll more often hear the perfect: Ik heb een e-mail ontvangen. Both are correct—choosing one is largely a matter of style and register.

How would you say the sentence in the present perfect?

You simply use heb (the present tense of hebben) plus the past participle ontvangen.
Example:
Ik heb een e-mail ontvangen over studentenkorting voor de tram.

Why is e-mail written with a hyphen and lowercase?

Dutch adopted e-mail from English but applies its own spelling conventions. The hyphen is used to join a loanword, and because it’s a common noun it stays lowercase. You will also encounter the variant email without a hyphen—both are now acceptable.

Why is there an indefinite article een before e-mail, but no article before studentenkorting?