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

Translation:Zijn er in het winkelcentrum meubels te koop?

9 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?

9 months ago

Good question. Made the same mistake and I was wondering

8 months ago

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

6 months ago

Mod

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

6 months ago

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

3 months ago