Goede samenwerking maakt zware taken lichter.

Good cooperation makes heavy tasks easier.

Breakdown of Goede samenwerking maakt zware taken lichter.

• goed: good
• de taak: the task
• maken: to make
• zwaar: heavy

Questions & Answers about Goede samenwerking maakt zware taken lichter.

Why does goede end with -e before samenwerking?

In Dutch, attributive adjectives (those placed directly before a noun) normally take an -e ending when the noun is a de-word or when you use a definite article. Here samenwerking is a de-word, so even without an article you add -e, giving goede samenwerking. (By contrast, with a het-word in an indefinite context you often leave off the -e, e.g. een goed idee.)

Why is there no article before goede samenwerking?

Dutch often omits the article when making a general statement about a concept. In English you say “Good cooperation makes…,” without the. If you wanted to refer to a specific cooperation you would use de, as in de goede samenwerking die wij hebben.

What part of speech is maakt, and why is it used here?

maakt is the third-person singular present tense of maken (“to make”). In this sentence it works as a causative verb: it expresses that goede samenwerking “causes” zware taken to become lichter (lighter).

Why is zware taken plural and without an article?