Ik begrijp het einde van die film niet.

Because Dutch often puts niet late in the clause when it negates the whole statement.

In Ik begrijp het einde van die film niet, the basic structure is:

• Ik = subject
• begrijp = finite verb
• het einde van die film = object
• niet = negation

A natural pattern in Dutch is:

• subject + verb + object + niet

So this sentence literally follows a very common Dutch word order.

Compare:

• Ik lees het boek niet. = I am not reading the book / I do not read the book.
• Hij kent die man niet. = He does not know that man.

English usually puts not earlier, but Dutch often leaves niet until after the object.

Because einde is a het-word in Dutch.

In Dutch, nouns usually take either:

• de
• het

And einde happens to be one of the nouns that takes het:

• het einde = the end / the ending

You simply have to learn the article with the noun. Unfortunately, there is not always a perfect logic to it.

A useful thing to remember:

• diminutives always take het
• many ordinary nouns must just be memorized

So here:

• het einde van die film = the ending of that film

It can mean both, depending on context.

In this sentence, het einde van die film most naturally means:

• the ending of that film

But word-for-word it is also the end of that film.

So if you are talking about the final part of a movie, einde works very naturally.

A closely related word is afloop, which often means outcome or how it ends:

• Ik begrijp de afloop van die film niet.

That is also possible, but het einde is simpler and very common.

Because Dutch usually expresses possession or association like this with van, especially in ordinary speech.

So:

• het einde van die film = the ending of that film

This is the most normal way to say it.

Dutch does have possessive constructions, but die films einde sounds unnatural here. You might see more compact forms in fixed expressions or formal styles, but for everyday Dutch, van is the safe and natural choice.

Compare:

• de naam van de stad = the name of the city
• de kleur van de auto = the color of the car

Because film is a de-word, and the demonstrative that goes with singular de-words is die.

Dutch demonstratives work like this:

• singular de-word → die
• singular het-word → dat

So:

• de film → die film
• het boek → dat boek

That is why the sentence has:

• die film = that film

Yes. The difference is about distance or emphasis.

• deze film = this film
• die film = that film

So you could say:

• Ik begrijp het einde van deze film niet.
• Ik begrijp het einde van die film niet.

Both are grammatical. The choice depends on what you mean:

• deze often feels closer, more immediate
• die often feels more distant, previously mentioned, or contrastive

Because Dutch main clauses normally follow the V2 rule, meaning the finite verb comes in the second position.

Here the sentence starts with the subject:

• Ik = first element
• begrijp = finite verb in second position

So the structure is:

• Ik | begrijp | het einde van die film niet

If you move another element to the front, the verb still stays second:

• Het einde van die film begrijp ik niet.

That is also correct, and it gives extra emphasis to het einde van die film.

Because begrijp is the conjugated form for ik in the present tense.

The infinitive is:

• begrijpen = to understand

The present tense is:

• ik begrijp
• jij begrijpt
• hij/zij begrijpt
• wij begrijpen
• jullie begrijpen
• zij begrijpen

So in this sentence, ik needs:

• begrijp

Yes, absolutely. That is very natural.

• begrijpen = to understand
• snappen = to get / understand

So:

• Ik begrijp het einde van die film niet.
• Ik snap het einde van die film niet.

Both are common.
A slight difference:

• begrijpen can sound a bit more neutral or formal
• snappen is often a bit more informal, like English get

This is a very common question.

• begrijpen = to understand the meaning or sense of something
• verstaan = to hear or understand what someone is saying, especially in speech

So in this movie sentence, begrijpen is correct because you mean you do not understand the ending.

Examples:

• Ik begrijp het einde niet. = I do not understand the ending.
• Ik versta hem niet. = I cannot understand him / I cannot make out what he is saying.

If someone speaks too fast, you often use verstaan.
If the story makes no sense to you, you use begrijpen.

Not normally. The most natural reading is simply that the ending is confusing to you.

So Ik begrijp het einde van die film niet usually means:

• you do not understand what happens at the end
• you do not understand why it ends that way
• the ending does not make sense to you

If you wanted to talk specifically about the point or message, Dutch would often use other wording, such as:

• Ik begrijp de bedoeling van het einde niet.
• Ik snap niet wat het einde betekent.

Yes, but the verb still has to stay in second position in a main clause.

For example:

• Ik begrijp het einde van die film niet.
• Het einde van die film begrijp ik niet.

Both are correct.

The second version emphasizes het einde van die film, as if you are contrasting it with something else:

• maybe you understood the rest of the film, but not the ending

What you generally cannot do in a normal main clause is put niet in a random position.

The standard version is:

• Ik begrijp het einde van die film niet.

Yes, in this sentence you do.

Dutch usually needs an article with a singular countable noun when you mean a specific thing:

• het einde = the ending / the end

So:

• Ik begrijp het einde van die film niet.

Without het, the sentence would sound wrong in standard Dutch.

In a subordinate clause, Dutch usually sends the conjugated verb to the end.

Main clause:

• Ik begrijp het einde van die film niet.

Subordinate clause:

• ... omdat ik het einde van die film niet begrijp.
• ... dat ik het einde van die film niet begrijp.

Notice that begrijp moves to the end of the clause.

This is one of the biggest word-order differences learners notice in Dutch:

• main clause: verb in second position
• subordinate clause: verb near the end

Film is the normal word and is extremely common.

• de film = the film / movie

In everyday Dutch, people also often say:

• de film for both film and movie

If you want to be more specific, context usually makes it clear whether you mean:

• a movie
• a film in a more artistic sense

But in ordinary conversation, film is the standard word.

Roughly, it sounds like buh-GRAYP or beh-GRAYP, but that is only an approximation.

A few points:

• be- is unstressed
• grijp has the ij sound, which is one of the classic Dutch vowel sounds
• the g is the Dutch guttural g, not the English g in go

If pronunciation is your focus, the hardest parts are usually:

• the Dutch g
• the ij in begrijp

But for grammar and sentence structure, the important thing is simply recognizing begrijp as the ik form of begrijpen.