Word
De bus is weg.
Meaning
The bus is gone.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about De bus is weg.
What does weg mean here, and is it the same word as de weg (the road)?
Weg here means gone/away: it states that the bus is no longer present. It’s not the noun de weg (the road). You can tell because there is no article before weg, and it follows is. The noun meaning needs an article: de weg.
Examples:
- De bus is weg. = The bus is gone.
- De weg is smal. = The road is narrow.
What part of speech is weg in this sentence?
It functions as a predicative complement (often treated as an adjective/adverb). It does not inflect:
- De bussen zijn weg. (not wege)
Similar words used this way: kwijt (lost), klaar (ready), stuk (broken).
Why is it is and not gaat or heeft?