Breakdown of Tom controleert de instelling op zijn telefoon.
Tom
Tom
zijn
his
controleren
to check
de telefoon
the phone
Questions & Answers about Tom controleert de instelling op zijn telefoon.
What does controleert mean here? Is it controls or checks?
In this sentence, controleert means checks (or inspects / verifies), not controls.
- controleren = to check, to inspect, to verify
- English to control (in the sense of "to manage, to be in charge of") is usually beheersen, regelen, or besturen in Dutch, depending on context.
So:
Tom controleert de instelling op zijn telefoon.
= Tom checks the setting on his phone.
What is the infinitive of controleert, and how is it conjugated?
The infinitive is controleren (to check).
Present tense (regular -eren verb):
- ik controleer – I check
- jij / je controleert – you check
- hij / zij / het controleert – he / she / it checks
- wij controleren – we check
- jullie controleren – you (plural) check
- zij controleren – they check
So with Tom (3rd person singular), you use controleert:
Tom controleert …
Why is it de instelling and not het instelling?