Anna vindt bloemkool lekkerder dan broccoli, maar Tom denkt daar anders over.

Because the subject is Anna, which is third-person singular.

In the present tense of vinden:

• ik vind
• jij vindt
• u vindt
• hij/zij/het vindt

So:

• Anna vindt ...

A useful extra point: with jij, the -t often disappears when the verb comes before jij:

• Jij vindt broccoli lekker.
• Vind jij broccoli lekker?

But with Anna as the subject in normal word order, vindt is correct.

Because the sentence is talking about these foods in general, not about one specific cauliflower or one specific broccoli.

Dutch often leaves out the article with foods and substances when speaking generally:

• Ik eet graag broccoli.
• Zij drinkt koffie.
• Wij houden van pizza.

So Anna vindt bloemkool lekkerder dan broccoli means she prefers cauliflower to broccoli as foods in general.

If you were talking about a specific item, you could use an article:

• De bloemkool in de koelkast is nog vers.
• De broccoli ziet er goed uit.

Here, vinden does not mean physically finding something. It means to think, to consider, or to find something to be a certain way.

The pattern is:

subject + vinden + object + adjective

For example:

• Ik vind koffie lekker.
• Zij vindt dit boek interessant.
• Wij vinden hem aardig.

So in your sentence:

• Anna vindt bloemkool lekkerder dan broccoli

means:

• Anna finds/considers cauliflower tastier than broccoli.

This is a very common Dutch structure.

Lekkerder is the comparative form of lekker.

• lekker = tasty / nice
• lekkerder = tastier / nicer
• lekkerst = tastiest / nicest

Dutch usually forms the comparative by adding -er. But when an adjective already ends in -er, Dutch often uses -der instead, so:

• lekker → lekkerder
• donker → donkerder

So meer lekker is not the normal standard form here. Dutch strongly prefers lekkerder.

Also, lekker is very common in Dutch and can mean more than just tasty. Depending on context, it can also mean nice, pleasant, or enjoyable.

After a comparative, standard Dutch uses dan.

So:

• lekkerder dan broccoli = tastier than broccoli

Compare:

• groter dan = bigger than
• sneller dan = faster than
• beter dan = better than

Dutch uses als in different comparison patterns, especially with equality:

• even lekker als = as tasty as
• net zo groot als = just as big as

So:

• lekkerder dan broccoli = correct
• even lekker als broccoli = also correct, but different meaning

You may hear als after comparatives in some regional or informal speech, but standard Dutch uses dan.

It means something like about that, differently.

The full expression is:

• ergens anders over denken
• daar anders over denken

This means:

• to think differently about something
• to have a different opinion about it

In the sentence, daar refers back to the whole idea just mentioned: cauliflower versus broccoli.

So:

• Tom denkt daar anders over

means:

• Tom thinks differently about that.
• Tom has a different opinion about that.

This is a very natural Dutch way to say it.

Good question. Dutch often uses pronominal adverbs like:

• daarover = about that
• ervoor = for that / before that
• erin = in it
• ermee = with it

But in real sentences, the parts can be split apart, especially when another word comes in between.

So both the idea and the relationship are:

• daar ... over

In your sentence:

• Tom denkt daar anders over

the word anders sits between daar and over.

That is completely normal Dutch word order.

You can think of over as belonging to the verb phrase denken over = to think about.

A similar pattern is:

• Ik denk daar vaak over na.
• Zij praat daar veel over.

So this separation is not random; it is a standard Dutch feature.

Because maar is a coordinating conjunction, not a subordinating one.

It links two main clauses:

• Anna vindt bloemkool lekkerder dan broccoli
• maar Tom denkt daar anders over

In a Dutch main clause, the finite verb normally stays in second position:

• Tom denkt ...

So maar does not push the verb to the end.

Compare that with a subordinating conjunction like omdat:

• Anna vindt bloemkool lekkerder dan broccoli, omdat Tom daar anders over denkt.

Now the verb denkt goes to the end because omdat introduces a subordinate clause.

So:

• maar → main clause word order
• omdat → subordinate clause word order

Yes, absolutely. That would sound very natural.

• Tom denkt daar anders over.
• Tom is het daar niet mee eens.

Both suggest that Tom disagrees, but there is a small nuance:

• Tom denkt daar anders over = Tom thinks differently about it
• Tom is het daar niet mee eens = Tom does not agree with it

The first is a bit broader and softer; the second is a bit more direct about disagreement.

So if you wanted, you could rewrite the sentence as:

• Anna vindt bloemkool lekkerder dan broccoli, maar Tom is het daar niet mee eens.

That is perfectly good Dutch too.

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

• bloemkool ≈ BLOOM-kohl
• broccoli ≈ BROK-ko-lee
• lekkerder ≈ LEK-er-der

A few notes:

• In bloem, the oe sounds like the oo in food.
• kool sounds a bit like kohl.
• broccoli in Dutch is usually stressed near the beginning: BROK-
• lekkerder has a short e sound, like e in bed

These are only approximations, but they are good enough to help you recognize the words.