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"Is there furniture for sale in the shopping mall?"

Translation:Zijn er in het winkelcentrum meubels te koop?

10 months ago

5 Comments

Am not sure why it could not also be correct to say "zijn er meubels in het winkelcentrum te koop".Any thoughts?

10 months ago

Good question. Made the same mistake and I was wondering

9 months ago

Why not "is er" if furniture is singular? :/

7 months ago

Mod

"Furniture" is a mass noun in English, but not in Dutch. "Meubels" is plural.

7 months ago

In a similar vein, shouldn't it be 'meubels te kopen'?

4 months ago