"Het brood"

Translation: The bread

[lesliedawne]

what is the difference between het and de?

[Yevgenniy]

This is rough. They both mean "the". Certain nouns are "het" nouns, others (most) are "de" nouns. There is no automatic clue. It just takes a lot of practice until it becomes second nature.

[CoreyWagne]

Is especially tricky in this lesson because they show 2 beverages, water and juice, one is het water, the other is de sap

[Marae19]

To make it even more confusing, sap is actually one of the few words that can be used both with de and het. Here's a link to the Dutch dictionary that shows that. http://www.vandale.nl/opzoeken?pattern=sap=nn#.VVHR3PmqpBd

[AAA880053]

Here's the answer
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/3732938

[PALewis88]

I would also like to know the rules for these two words.

[MentalPinball]

There are no steady rules, just some guidelines (which you can find here http://www.dutchgrammar.com/en/?n=NounsAndArticles.04 )

[salpfish]

Is the "h" silent here?

[Lenkvist]

In spoken Dutch, it is possible to just say 't as it makes your sentences a bit more fluent.

[peter931423]

thats why in the song het is een nacht he sais t instead of the whole het , thanks that was really helpful

[Marae19]

It shouldn't be. Like Lenkvist says, you can skip the 'h' here, and say " 't brood", but it probably should be a clear 'h' (that being said, I (a native) didn't even notice she said 'het' at all...)

[MohammedPa3]

How does one pronounce brood? Is it more like 'bort' or 'boat'?

[Simius]

Pretty much like "boat" but with a Dutch (slightly rolling) 'r' in there.

[Lindz93]

Tough one. I ended up with "et brot" lol.

[waaa-90]

I wrote "eet brood" instead of "het brood" and the machine goes like "you have a typo in your answer". Correct answer. Haha

[mamunchoud]

Yeah what is the difference between de and het

[MentalPinball]

Read previous comments, as other users have explained this before.

[deactivated user]

Does the 'd' at the end of 'brood' make a 't' sound like it does in German?

[myrthe.nei]

A bit 'softer' actually, so not as in 'eat' but as in 'lead' so pretty much you pronounce the d as a d

[markfuelle]

why is "brood" pronounced like "vrrrote"? So confusing, I'm never talking about bread in Holland!!

[Chisakei.desu]

Hahahaha, yeah, sounded like V not B at all

[Chisakei.desu]

He sounded like "Het Vroud"

[yasyas218]

Maybe "het" is for female nouns and de is for "male" (it is like that in some of the languages)

[ataltane]

Not quite. Het is for neuter nouns and de is for common gender (which means masculine and feminine). Note that we're talking about grammatical gender, too - not biological gender.

[Peon25]

Mic won't listen to when I say "brood" -- it only picks up the "het". Sadface... missing a point because it's stupid.

[Angela352179]

When is it de brood and when is it het brood?

[Rashmi823280]

"brood" - is "r" silent here?

[David864588]

To me she sounds like saying: het boot