Questions & Answers about Meet de kast op en monteer hem.
Why are meet and monteer used instead of meten and monteren?
Because this sentence is giving commands.
- meten = to measure
- monteren = to assemble / install
- meet = measure!
- monteer = assemble!
So Meet de kast op en monteer hem uses the imperative form, just like English Measure the cabinet and assemble it.
Does meet here mean the same thing as English meet?
No. Here meet is the command form of the Dutch verb meten, which means to measure.
So even though meet looks exactly like the English word meet, it has a completely different meaning in this sentence. It is basically a false friend for English speakers.
Why is op separated from meet?