Dutch Grammar. 5.1 Articles. Donaldson

presentation of Donaldson’s work, by Corry Shores

Bruce Donaldson

Bruce. Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar

5 Articles (lidwoorden)

5.1 The Indefinite Article (het onbepaald lidwoord)

In English, the indefinite article is a or an. In Dutch, the indefinite article is een. It is pronounced ’n. The number one is also een. However, it is pronounced with a long e. And when it is unclear which is intended, numeral een can be written één. Een might be found under an obsolete case form in certain expressions.

Ex:

enerzijds

on the one hand

het leed ener moeder

the sorrow of a mother

From:

Donaldson, Bruce. Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar. London & New York: Routledge, 1997. More information and limited preview available at http://books.google.be/books?id=MSu4S71NzjkC&dq=Donaldson,+Bruce.+Dutch:+A+Comprehensive+Grammar.&hl=en&source=gbs_navlinks_s