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Chapter 5 1111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 Articles Lidwoorden 12111 3 4 5.1 The indefinite article Het onbepaald lidwoord 5 6 7 8 9 20111 1 The English indefinite article ‘a/an’ is een in Dutch, which is pronounced ’n and is sometimes written as such in direct speech. The numeral ‘one’ is also een, pronounced with a long e and written één where ambiguity can arise (see 2.3.1 and 14.1, footnote 1). Occasionally in standard expressions and archaic or poetic style older case forms of een are found: 2 enerzijds on the one hand (a standard expression) 3 4 5 het leed ener moeder the sorrow of a mother (poetic style) 6 7 8 5.1.1 Omission of the indefinite article 9 The indefinite article is sometimes omitted in Dutch where it is used in 30111 1 English. 2 (a) It is usually omitted after the preposition als (see 13.0): 3 4 5 Hij gebruikt zijn schoteltje als (een) asbak. He’s using his saucer as an ashtray. 6 Ik doe Duits als bijvak. 7 I’m doing German as a secondary (i.e. non-major) subject. 8 9 but 40 Ze heeft zich als een dame gedragen. 41111 She behaved like a lady. (standard idiom) 25
5 Articles 26 (b) It is commonly omitted after the preposition zonder: Ik zag een lijk zonder hoofd. I saw a corpse without a head. Hij ging uit zonder hoed. He went out without a hat. (c) It is usually omitted before professions (when the verb is zijn, worden or blijven), but is always inserted when the profession is preceded by an adjective: Also: Hij is leraar. He is a teacher. Hij is een zeer goede leraar. He is a very good teacher. Hij is vader geworden. He has become a father. Hij is enig kind. He is an only child. (d) It is commonly omitted before nationalities (when the verb is zijn, worden or blijven), but is always inserted when the nationality is preceded by an adjective: Hij is (een) Nederlander. He is a Dutchman. Hij is een rasechte Nederlander. He is a genuine Dutchman. (e) It is omitted in various standard expressions: Het was jammer. It was a pity. maag-/kiespijn hebben/krijgen to have/get a stomach-ache/tooth-ache oog om oog, tand om tand an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth kwart voor/over drie a quarter to/past three
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(b) It is commonly omitted after the preposition zonder:<br />
Ik zag een lijk zonder hoofd.<br />
I saw a corpse without a head.<br />
Hij ging uit zonder hoed.<br />
He went out without a hat.<br />
(c) It is usually omitted before professions (when the verb is zijn,<br />
worden or blijven), but is always inserted when the profession is<br />
preceded by an adjective:<br />
Also:<br />
Hij is leraar.<br />
He is a teacher.<br />
Hij is een zeer goede leraar.<br />
He is a very good teacher.<br />
Hij is vader geworden.<br />
He has become a father.<br />
Hij is enig kind.<br />
He is an only child.<br />
(d) It is commonly omitted before nationalities (when the verb is zijn,<br />
worden or blijven), but is always inserted when the nationality is<br />
preceded by an adjective:<br />
Hij is (een) Nederlander.<br />
He is a Dutchman.<br />
Hij is een rasechte Nederlander.<br />
He is a genuine Dutchman.<br />
(e) It is omitted in various standard expressions:<br />
Het was jammer.<br />
It was a pity.<br />
maag-/kiespijn hebben/krijgen<br />
to have/get a stomach-ache/tooth-ache<br />
oog om oog, tand om tand<br />
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth<br />
kwart voor/over drie<br />
a quarter to/past three
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