Dat klinkt logisch.

that

Breakdown of Dat klinkt logisch.

• klinken: to sound
• logisch: logical

Questions & Answers about Dat klinkt logisch.

What does each word do grammatically in the sentence?

• Dat = that (demonstrative pronoun). It’s the subject, referring to something just mentioned.
• klinkt = sounds (3rd person singular present of klinken “to sound”). It’s a linking verb here.
• logisch = logical (adjective used predicatively). It’s the subject complement.

Why is it klinkt and not klinken?

Dutch present-tense verbs take -t in the 3rd person singular:

• ik klink
• jij/je klinkt (in inversion: klink jij?)
• hij/zij/het/dit/dat klinkt
• wij/jullie/zij klinken

Why is it logisch and not logische?

Adjectives are uninflected (no -e) in predicative position (after a linking verb like zijn, lijken, klinken):

• De keuze is logisch.
• Dat klinkt logisch. They take -e attributively (before a noun):
• een logische keuze

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