Breakdown of Pak breekbare glazen pas morgen uit.
morgen
tomorrow
het glas
the glass
pas
only
breekbaar
fragile and easily broken
Questions & Answers about Pak breekbare glazen pas morgen uit.
Why is uit at the end of the sentence?
Because uitpakken is a separable verb.
The full verb is uitpakken = to unpack. In a main clause or an imperative, Dutch splits that verb:
- Pak ... uit.
- Ik pak ... uit.
So pak goes near the front, and uit moves to the end.
If you use the infinitive, the parts stay together:
- Ik wil de glazen morgen uitpakken.
What does pas mean here?
Here pas means not until or only in time expressions.
So pas morgen means:
- not until tomorrow
- only tomorrow
It adds the idea of delay: wait until tomorrow.
Without pas, morgen would just mean tomorrow, but not necessarily with that strong not before then feeling.
Why is there no niet if the idea is not until tomorrow?