Word
Rijke landen hebben ook bedrijven.
Meaning
Rich countries also have companies.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Rijke landen hebben ook bedrijven.
hebben
to have
ook
also
het land
the country
het bedrijf
the company
Questions & Answers about Rijke landen hebben ook bedrijven.
Why does rijke end in -e?
Because rijk is an adjective placed before a noun, and in Dutch attributive adjectives usually take -e.
- rijk = rich
- het rijke land = the rich country
- rijke landen = rich countries
In this sentence, landen is plural, so rijke is the normal form.
Why is there no article before rijke landen?
Dutch often leaves out the article with a plural noun when speaking in a general sense, just like English.
- Rijke landen = rich countries, in general
- De rijke landen = the rich countries, a specific group
So Rijke landen hebben ook bedrijven means something general about rich countries, not about one particular set already known from context.
What is landen? Is it from land?
Yes. Landen is the plural of land.
- het land = the country / the land
- de landen = the countries
In this sentence, landen means countries, not pieces of land.
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